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Description of Business Maplebear Inc., doing business as (“DBA”) Instacart (the “Company”), was incorporated in Delaware on August 3, 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Company is a diversified technology business that operates a technology platform that enables connections and transactions primarily among retailers, end users, advertisers, and shoppers largely throughout the United States and Canada. End users are provided the ability to transact with retailers for grocery and non-grocery items and with shoppers to pick and deliver the items on the end user’s behalf. Retailers contract with the Company to have their goods available for search, selection, and purchase, generally for a percentage of the total purchase value from the sale of goods, on a fee per transaction basis, or some combination thereof. Advertisers have the opportunity to purchase Sponsored Product ads, display ads, coupons, and a variety of other online advertising services. Shoppers, who are independent contractors, pick and deliver orders using the Company’s technology platform for fulfillment or delivery service opportunities primarily on a fee per batch basis. The Company also sells software-as-a-service offerings primarily targeted at retailers and charges fees for such offerings.
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