Simo: Instacart processes one billion AI-powered search queries per quarter
Fidji Simo · No Priors Ep. 22 | With Instacart CEO Fidji Simo · Jun 22, 2023 · at 8:52
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo discusses Instacart's historical usage of artificial intelligence and machine learning across its product stack.
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“We do a billion searches a month, a quarter, sorry. And you know, it's all powered by AI.”
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