Clementine
#14 in Personal AI AssistantsInstacart · 3× · last seen Sep 11, 2026
Clementine is an AI-powered shopping assistant from Instacart that has been available to most customers in the US and Canada since September 9, 2026 on the Instacart Marketplace app and website. The assistant converts natural language messages, recipes, shopping lists, or photos of handwritten lists into a personalized, ready-to-purchase shopping cart. Clementine leverages Instacart's order data (over 1.6 billion orders), a catalog of over 2 billion items, and real-time inventory signals from nearly 100,000 stores. Additionally, Instacart has established partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, enabling shopping conversations that begin in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI Mode to be completed on Instacart.
Features
| Autonomy Level | Conversational assistant: generates suggestions/cart drafts, user reviews and confirms items before purchase |
| Channels | Instacart app and website; also accessible via Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode |
| Modalities | Text (conversation), image upload (photo of handwritten or digital grocery list) |
| Platform | Instacart mobile app and website (Instacart Marketplace), U.S. and Canada |
| Price | No pricing disclosed; appears included as a free feature for Instacart customers, no subscription requirement mentioned |
| Release Date | September 9, 2026 |
| Tool/MCP Integrations | Partnerships with Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (ChatGPT), and Google (Gemini, AI Mode) to complete shopping conversations on Instacart |
