Apoorva Mehta

Founder

Founder/Chairman & Founding CEO at Instacart

30 Under 30 2022 · Hall of Fame 30 Under 30 2017 · All Star Alumni 30 Under 30 2015 · Food & Drink 30 Under 30 2013 · Consumer Technology

About

Mehta is an engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo who worked as a software engineer at BlackBerry, Qualcomm, and Amazon before co-founding Instacart, an on-demand grocery delivery service, in 2012.

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Apoorva Mehta @apoorva_mehta

This was a fun chat! We talked about communism and how AI can drive abundance. https://t.co/HqG7QIj3CS

Jul 20, 2026 · ♥ 13

Apoorva Mehta @apoorva_mehta

This was a fun conversation! We talk about capital allocation and AI progress. @fuelfive also asks some really out there questions. Also, Progress is generally a more interesting podcast series to subscribe to than most. Enjoy https://t.co/MJJfiFhHUc

Jul 15, 2026 · ♥ 16 · ⇄ 1

Apoorva Mehta @apoorva_mehta

all content (text, podcast, short/long form video, html etc) should be easily transformable to the medium of the audience's choice

Jun 14, 2026 · ♥ 22 · ⇄ 1

Founder/Chairman & Founding CEO at Instacart YC S12

Intro paths

Apoorva went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Instacart's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Apoorva can intro founders to Instacart's investors below.