DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for around $17 billion

<figure> <img alt="A DoorDash bag in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. " data-caption="Speculation around a deal started circulating last week. | Photographer: Michael Nagle/&lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Photographer: Michael Nagle/&lt;em&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/em&gt; via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/gettyimages-2255805905.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Speculation around a deal started circulating last week. | Photographer: Michael Nagle/<em>Bloomberg</em> via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">DoorDash <a href="https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-to-acquire-instacart">has announced</a> that it's buying Instacart in a deal valued at approximately $17 billion. The acquisition will give DoorDash a bigger presence in online grocery delivery via Instacart's established grocery marketplace and retailer partnerships.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">DoorDash, which started as a restaurant courier service, already has its own grocery delivery business, but that faces ongoing competition from Instacart, Uber, Walmart, and Amazon. DoorDash is also incentivized to diversify further because its rivals have been stepping into the food delivery territory it's best known for, with Uber <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/6/21312447/uber-postmates-acquisition-announced-food-delivery">acquiring Postmates</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/966394/uber-is-gobbling-up-delivery-hero">Delivery Hero</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rumors around the dea …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/business/1021981/doordash-instacart-acquisition-announcement">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>