Reports say DoorDash is in talks to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion

WSJ and Bloomberg reported DoorDash in advanced talks to buy Instacart, and Instacart stock rallied. Later Oct 29 headlines describe a $17 billion deal, but no official confirmation appears in the items.

Timeline

1. 26 Oct, 19:40 UTCUnconfirmed report of DoorDash acquisition talks
2. 27 Oct, 16:10 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
3. 27 Oct, 16:10 UTCPicked up on News
4. 27 Oct, 16:10 UTCWSJ reports DoorDash advanced talks for Instacart
5. 29 Oct, 00:00 UTCPicked up on Mastodon
6. 29 Oct, 01:34 UTCPicked up on Apple charts
7. 29 Oct, 11:54 UTCPicked up on Bluesky
8. 29 Oct, 12:33 UTCPicked up on Hacker News
9. 29 Oct, 12:49 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat

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