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OctoShop

OctoShop built a browser extension for price comparisons, restock alerts, and cashback before being acquired by Ibotta.

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With 130,000 users, these college students sold their shopping browser extension to Ibotta

They Got Acquired

With 130,000 users, these college students sold their shopping browser extension to Ibotta

They Got Acquired profiles how OctoShop's UT Austin student founders grew the browser extension to roughly 130,000 users before selling it...

Jan 30, 2023

Longhorn Startup Venture Acquired in Multimillion Dollar Deal

University of Texas at Austin Computer Science

Longhorn Startup Venture Acquired in Multimillion Dollar Deal

The University of Texas at Austin computer science department reports that OctoShop (formerly InStok) was recently acquired by Ibotta in a...

Nov 30, 2022

UT Austin grads sell OctoShop, evolved from effort to help their D-FW parents find toilet paper

The Dallas Morning News

UT Austin grads sell OctoShop, evolved from effort to help their D-FW parents find toilet paper

The Dallas Morning News reports that Ibotta bought OctoShop, a browser extension built by UT Austin students to track pandemic essentials,...

Jan 31, 2022

Bucknell Student Helps Develop Popular Online Holiday Shopping Tool

Bucknell University

Bucknell Student Helps Develop Popular Online Holiday Shopping Tool

Bucknell University reports that a student helped develop InStok, which grew to more than a million website visitors and 85,000 users of...

Dec 18, 2020

Out of toilet paper? Students' web tracker lets shoppers find essentials amid coronavirus

USA TODAY

Out of toilet paper? Students' web tracker lets shoppers find essentials amid coronavirus

USA TODAY reports that UT Austin students launched InStok, a web tracker that lets shoppers find stores with essential items in stock...

Mar 29, 2020