Founder of a listed tool
Brandon Leonardo
Historical co-founder and early engineering lead, named behind the Instacart Developer Platform API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Brandon builds
Instacart Developer Platform API + MCP D · Shopping, returns & refunds
The Instacart Developer Platform API and its hosted MCP server turn a recipe or shopping list into an Instacart Marketplace page, where the person picks a store and checks out. It also finds nearby retailers by postal code.
Historical co-founder and early engineering lead, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Apoorva Mehta Historical co-founder and CEO; now Abundance founder/CEO
- Max Mullen Historical co-founder; now full-time investor
- Riddhima Sejpal Senior Staff Software Engineer, CarrotAI / Instacart Developer Platform
- Stefany Bogatan Associate Product Manager
Questions
Who is Brandon Leonardo?
Brandon Leonardo co-founded Instacart in 2012 and built the early versions of its app. His Y Combinator bio says he went on to lead the engineering team working on growth. Before Instacart he held senior engineering roles at startups including AngelList, Webs and StartupBus.
What does Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) make?
Anchor Terminal lists Instacart Developer Platform API + MCP from Maplebear Inc. (Instacart). The Instacart Developer Platform API and its hosted MCP server turn a recipe or shopping list into an Instacart Marketplace page, where the person picks a store and checks out. It also finds nearby retailers by postal code.
How are Brandon's tools graded?
Instacart Developer Platform API + MCP is graded D, 48.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (15)
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/22796-apoorva-mehta
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/instacart
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorvamehta/
- https://x.com/apoorva_mehta
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/25111-max-mullen
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxmullen/
- https://x.com/max
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/21133-brandon-leonardo
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardo/
- https://x.com/shiftb
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsejpal
- https://ca.linkedin.com/in/stefany-bogatan
- https://company.instacart.com
- https://docs.instacart.com/support/request_technical_support
- https://docs.instacart.com/developer_platform_api
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