TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

machine learning and simulation). If you don’t have the data readily available, then you need to partner with a vendor and use a secure environment to share second-party data to deliver AI-driven actionable insights on the business impact on all parties involved, from startup to retailer to the consumer.

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2025

By leveraging AI technologies such as generative AI, machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and computer vision in combination with robotic process automation (RPA), process and task mining, low/no-code development, and process orchestration, organizations can create smarter and more efficient workflows.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

COVID-19 forced many retailers and brands to adopt new technologies. Retail analytics unicorn Trax expects that this openness to tech innovation will continue even after the pandemic. Retail Watch currently focuses on center shelves, where packaged goods are usually stocked, but will expand into categories like fresh food and produce.

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

For Gareth Hemming, chief distribution officer for UK retail business at Hiscox, AI is currently streamlining the underwriting process in retail and high-net-worth home insurance, with the potential to provide more value to long-term clients.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

To remain competitive, retailers must embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-driven innovation. It allows retailers to optimize both front-end and back-end operations, addressing key business challenges and creating new opportunities for efficiency.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

AI and Machine Learning will drive innovation across the government, healthcare, and banking/financial services sectors, strongly focusing on generative AI and ethical regulation. The shift to personalized customer experiences will fuel investments in AI, logistics, and payment solutions in the retail sector.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

MOLOCO , an adtech startup that uses machine learning to build mobile campaigns, announced today it has raised $150 million in new Series C funding led by Tiger Global Management, taking its valuation to $1.5 Before launching MOLOCO, Ahn was a machine learning engineer at YouTube from 2008 to 2010, then Android from 2010 to 2013.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2019 and counts Colgate and PepsiCo among its customers, currently focuses on e-commerce, retail and financial services, but it notes that it will use the new funding to power its product development and expand into new industries. Image Credits: Noogata. What’s often lacking, though, is the talent.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

It’s since been an exciting time for startups as entrepreneurs continue to discover use cases for computer vision in everything from retail and agriculture to construction. Deep learning in general, and computer vision in particular, hold a great deal of promise for creating new approaches to solving old problems.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months. year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, AI or no AI.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Enter Bumpa, a Nigerian retail automation platform that wants to do the heavy lifting for companies eyeing more digital operations. It’s one of the startups participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200, and it uses machine learning to try to identify fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare claims , Kyle reports.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Despite not being public yet, the company has been driving revenue from day one, having secured over 1,000 retailers as it aims to grow its engineering team and customer acquisitions with the new funding. Our extension is powered by machine learning to navigate checkout the same way humans would,” he added. “We

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CIO

APRIL 19, 2023

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. Shanthakumar, Solution Architect – IoT, Retail Business Unit, TCS.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Arize AI is applying machine learning to some of technology’s toughest problems. The company touts itself as “the first ML observability platform to help make machine learning models work in production.” To continue with its mission, the company announced $19 million in Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Bridgeford described Wizard as an opportunity “to build our vision on a much larger scale and to partner with Marc, who’s really a tremendous visionary in retail tech and really a proven founder and a proven operator.” A focus on wine and spirits retail was also mentioned in an Austin Biz Journal feature.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

The round will help the company bolster the predictive AI and machine learning algorithms that power nSure AI’s “first of its kind” fraud protection platform. Founders Alex Zeltcer and Ziv Isaiah started the company after experiencing the unique challenges faced by retailers of digital assets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

-based self-driving startup that is notable for its use of deep learning and cameras rather than more-costly lidar and other sensors to guide vehicles, is gearing up for its next stage of development with a strategic backer in its pocket. “I am incredibly excited to collaborate with Ocado Group and learn from their vast expertise.

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CIO

JULY 20, 2023

Few verticals have undergone as massive a change as retail in the last couple of years. Driven by cutthroat competition and significant shifts in customer expectations, retail companies are striving to align themselves with the changing landscape, with IT playing a crucial role in their ability to achieve this.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The CEO is Guru Hariharan, who you might remember from retail analytics company Boomerang Commerce , a Startup Battlefield finalist in 2014. If you look at the entire retail situation — buying products from a brand, the buy and sell sides need to be balanced,” Hariharan said. “I trillion retail industry at a massive inflection point.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

. “We have really focused our efforts on encrypted learning, which is really the core technology, which was fundamental to allowing the multi-party compute capabilities between two organizations or two departments to work and build machine learning models on encrypted data,” Wijesinghe told me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The List joins the social commerce movement with a new app connecting consumers with global luxury brands and retailers to offer a personalized discovery and shopping experience. We built machine learning and computer vision into the supply chain so they can plug and play into a store.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

The company created a digital advertising network called Grocery TV and provides screens, initially in the checkout aisle, for brands and retailers to leverage with the aim of improving the shopping experience. The company is now in all 50 states and has over 14,000 displays in retailers like ShopRite, Bashas’ and Cub Foods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

The self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur admits that his vision for digitizing retail was a decade or two early when he started his journey in the 90s. Computer vision, machine learning and the like have caught up a lot since then, of course. Luis Vera believes the third time is the charm. We’re working with Unilever, S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Over the past two years, Asia’s retailers were forced to do virtual meetings instead of visiting in-person trade shows or conferences to source new brands and products due to the pandemic lockdowns.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Jalali said the company will use machine learning technology to filter and rate properties as it scales its business model. Retail investors have almost no access to great real estate investments today and the best opportunities are reserved for the select few,” she told TechCrunch. million at triple the original valuation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

“In the last year, we have helped leading companies in industries such as retail, financial services, gaming and travel to create personalized experiences for their customers in order to drive revenue, improve customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty,” said Neha Sampat, founder and CEO of Contentstack.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today, two giants of the cannabis industry are announcing a partnership to create an improved retail experience for consumers and dispensaries alike. Jane’s technology enables dispensaries to build a modern e-commerce platform through automation and machine learning. More than 1,800 dispensaries and brands use Jane.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Digital transformation initiatives have picked up in the retail sector in recent years as store chains compete for brand awareness and sales in a rapidly evolving market. By 2026, retailers’ global investments in digital transformation tools are expected to reach $388 billion , growing by 18% a year. And online ordering accelerated.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 20, 2025

It often requires managing multiple machine learning (ML) models, designing complex workflows, and integrating diverse data sources into production-ready formats. Manufacturers and retailers optimize supply chain and invoice processing , helping to ensure seamless operations.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

Here's what retailers need to know. When you think of AI chatbots on retailer sites, Consumers are turning to AI for shopping advice more and more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

SupplyPike , a supply chain SaaS company, took in $25 million in Series B funding to continue developing software so that consumer packaged goods companies and brands are compliant with retailer needs and able to more efficiently deliver products on time. The supply chain management market is expected to reach $19.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

There were two things that frustrated her: one was the complex structure of monetizing those channels effectively, and the other was the lack of direct promotional tools made available by the retail channels she was selling through, which she thought would be both less saturated and competitive than Facebook and Google.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Founder and CEO Sebastian Spiegler, an early (former) SwiftKey employee with a PhD in machine learning and natural language processing, walked TechCrunch through a demo of the current prototype. And for the retailer it helps them to understand what their clients want.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Hivery , a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global, the embattled private equity firm, with participation from Blackbird Ventures, AS1 Growth Partners and OneVentures. We call it ‘hyper-local retailing.'”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Also investing in the round is Sir Terry Leahy, previously the CEO of Tesco, the largest British retailer. While the round might sound small, the area it’s going into is large and growing. Edinburgh, U.K.-based The Tonal EC-1.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Interlace primarily invests in commerce technology, and Diallo saw two trends that Promoted was addressing: The first was the movement of retailers to increase their range in e-commerce and delivery by opening a marketplace. We will end up raising additional capital for scaling up the team.”.

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