Instacart Parent Maplebear Trending After Meta's Muse Integration

Maplebear Inc. (NASDAQ:CART) shares are trending Wednesday after the company announced Tuesday that Muse, Meta’s new AI product, will become the latest AI platform to connect to Instacart’s grocery infrastructure. Maplebear stock is trading in a tight range. Where are CART shares going? Muse Added to Connector Program for AI Grocery Shopping Instacart said Muse will join its existing connector program, which already extends grocery capabilities into AI products including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and AI Mode in Google Search. Connectors give customers a path to tap into Instacart’s grocery experience directly within the AI platforms they already use, offering some users their first exposure to online grocery shopping and a simple path to create an Instacart account. The integration builds on Instacart’s broader AI grocery ecosystem, which also includes Clementine, its native AI shopping assistant on the Instacart Marketplace, and Cart Assistant, a branded agentic shopping tool built for grocers’ own websites and apps. Instacart said its systems draw on nearly 15 years of grocery-specific technology, including a catalog of more than 2 billion product instances, 1.6 billion lifetime orders across more than 2,200 retail banners, and roughly 10 million daily inventory signals across nearly 100,000 stores, allowing open-ended requests to be converted into personalized, ready-to-buy carts. The company said it is currently the No. 1 AI-recommended brand for grocery delivery across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, and Perplexity. Read Also: Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq, S&P 500 Futures Drop as Trump Threatens to 'Annihilate' Iran at UNGA—KB Home, Worthington, IONQ in Focus (UPDATED) Maplebear Shares Edge Lower CART Price Action: At the time of publication, Maplebear shares are trading 3.02% lower at $43.07, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Image via Shutterstock