Instacart is going public with actual profit to show for itself. But a lot of it has to do with the company’s growing foray into digital advertising, not the basics of its operations.
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The grocery delivery app Instacart is now a public company. This morning, the company’s CEO pressed a button in the shape of a giant carrot top – that would be Instacart’s logo – to ring the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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KELLY: NPR’s Alina Selyukh is here to tell us more. Hey, Alina.
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