{"id":3650574,"date":"2026-04-14T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3650574"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:30:39","slug":"instacart-acquires-instaleap-to-fuel-international-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/acquisitions\/2026\/instacart-acquires-instaleap-to-fuel-international-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Instacart Acquires Instaleap to Fuel International Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instacart.com\/\">Instacart<\/a>\u00a0says it has acquired Colombia-based grocery technology firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instaleap.io\/\">Instaleap<\/a>.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div 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With the addition of Instaleap\u2019s technology, international expertise, and deep retail relationships, we can accelerate our international expansion and better serve retailers and consumers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instaleap\u2019s technology, the release added, is designed to meet \u201ccore retailer needs\u201d such as marketplace integrations and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/retail-2\/2026\/amazon-and-walmart-are-now-chasing-the-same-shopper\/\">fulfillment services<\/a>. The company has relationships with close to 100 grocery retailers and marketplaces outside North America and operations in nearly 30 countries in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing in February about Instacart&#8217;s most recent earnings report, PYMNTS argued that the company has been \u201cpositioning itself as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/aggregators\/2026\/instacart-delivers-strong-q4-as-ai-speeds-platform-expansion\/\">technology enablement layer<\/a>\u00a0for grocers that want true omnichannel capabilities without stitching together point solutions.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-638665341\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its shareholder letter, Instacart said its marketplace now spans more than 2,200 retail banners and almost 100,000 locations, while its Storefront technology powers upwards of 380 grocers\u2019 eCommerce sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsewhere in the world of supermarket technology, PYMNTS wrote this week about efforts by the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesco.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOorXnH2jtBXIMGJB7SRFuX-YvCeAvJi0wD5zVVXefXoHxMCuRdXa\">Tesco<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertsons.com\/\">Albertsons<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/\">Walmart<\/a>\u00a0to use AI-powered shopping assistants \u201cthat convert a meal question into a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/walmart-tesco-and-albertsons-turn-dinner-questions-into-instant-carts\/\">ready-to-checkout<\/a> grocery basket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEach of these tools keeps discovery, selection and payment inside the retailer\u2019s own platform. 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