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According to a recent report, the global online grocery market is expected to grow at 25% CAGR from from $285.7 billion in 2021 till 2030. Companies like Instacart are cashing in on this growth by helping deliver these groceries. Instacart's Offerings Last week, San Francisco-based Instacart filed for its IPO. Founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, Brandon Leonardo, and Max Mullen, Instacart is a grocery delivery platform that focuses on home essentials and groceries. Read our earlier coverage here and here. It integrates technology and fulfillment capabilities to provide retailers with the se...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT is uniquely positioned to lead the way on the technological advances and policy options needed to address climate change. At the second MIT Climate Engagement Forum of the semester, students, faculty, alumni, and staff described the many ways they are engaging an array of organizations to bring real solutions to the climate crisis. Several participants in the discussion offered suggestions from their own personal and professional experiences on how the Institute can make tackling the climate crisis part of its core mission. “The problems are too big...