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  "id": 16651179,
  "title": "Sources: DoorDash is in advanced talks to acquire Instacart, and the deal could be completed as soon as this week (Heather Haddon/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/sources-doordash-is-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-instacart-and-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T19:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/doordash-is-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-delivery-rival-instacart-2b3d3d18?st=uZNB75"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Deal could be completed as soon as this week, people familiar with the matter say — DoorDash is in advanced talks to acquire food-delivery rival Instacart , according to people familiar with the matter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Instacart, currently valued at $12B, is in talks to sell itself and held preliminary conversations with DoorDash and Uber; CART jumps 9%+ (The Information)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/sources-instacart-currently-valued-at-12b-is-in-talks-to-sell-itself",
        "published": "2026-10-23T20:25:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/instacart-reportedly-discussed-selling-itself-with-doordash-and-uber",
        "published": "2026-10-24T16:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Instacart reportedly explores sale talks with DoorDash, Uber",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/instacart-reportedly-explores-sale-talks-with-doordash-uber",
        "published": "2026-10-25T03:53:13.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}