Checkout-free retail startup Sensei secures $6.5 million in seed funding

• News
• 4/28/2021

To scale its R&D and begin rollout in Europe

M&S deploys AI-based platform to manage supply across 1,000+ grocery stores

• News
• 4/26/2021

This is not just AI-based supply chain management; this is M&S AI-based supply chain management

Panasonic buys into AI-driven supply chains with $7.1bn acquisition of Blue Yonder

• News
• 4/23/2021

Blue Yonder brand to be retained under newly formed Panasonic Connect Co

Toyota Industries combines autonomous vehicle tech under new T-Hive brand

• News
• 4/22/2021

Based in Holland and dedicated to control systems for automated forklifts and AMRs

Walmart is the latest household name to invest in autonomous vehicle developer Cruise

• News
• 4/19/2021

Retailer says investment backs its sustainability and clean energy plan

Ocado invests $14 million in autonomous driving specialist Oxbotica

• News
• 4/16/2021

UK’s most valuable food retailer ‘excited’ to expand into autonomous deliveries

Indoor farming specialist AppHarvest acquires agricultural robotics firm

• News
• 4/9/2021

Snaps up efficient tomato pickers in a $60 million deal

Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch the warehouse robot

• News
• 3/30/2021

The claw chooses who will go and who will stay

Intel opens chip foundries to third parties, pledges to invest $20bn in manufacturing

• News
• 3/26/2021

Reversing years of company orthodoxy in an instant

Logistics giant XPO and robotics vendor Balyo partner on autonomous reach forklifts

• News
• 3/26/2021

Testing Linde trucks at a distribution center in France

Amazon tells drivers to sign biometric consent form, or lose their job

• News
• 3/25/2021

How would you like to be watched at work?

Applied Materials uses AI to improve chip manufacturing, claims it saved customers $400m

• News
• 3/17/2021

ExtractAI hunts out defects, making semiconductor fabs a little less expensive to run

How Locus Robotics plans to take over the warehouse

• Analysis
• 3/3/2021

CEO Rick Faulk talks the benefits of Robotics as a Service model

ABB adds two models to its ‘cobot’ line-up

• News
• 2/24/2021

GoFa and SWIFTI hope to take robotics into new environments

Robotic harvest companion ‘Carry’ wants to help farmers boost efficiency

• News
• 2/23/2021

Future Acres claims the machine pays for itself in just 80 days

AiFi and Wundermart team up for checkout-less stores throughout Europe

• News
• 2/18/2021

To start, 20 Wundermart locations will be fully automated using the OASIS platform

Bearing.ai comes out of stealth to optimize the shipping industry

• News
• 2/18/2021

Lands large customers at sea

AI Business Podcast 18: The king is dead, long live the king

• Podcasts
• 2/8/2021

Autonomous drone and air taxi port ‘Air One’ set to open in the UK

• News
• 2/1/2021

Its creators hope to eventually operate hundreds of similar sites

Walmart plans modular fulfillment centers full of autonomous robots

• News
• 1/28/2021

Alert Innovation’s Alphabot passes trial with flying colors

Unilever and Alibaba collaborate on AI-powered closed-loop recycling machines

• News
• 1/13/2021

The systems are using AI to identify and sort plastic material, and fast-track it to recycling centers

USDA awards $20 million grant to improve food systems using AI

• News
• 1/6/2021

Including food production, processing, and nutrition

Hyundai plans to acquire robotics visionary Boston Dynamics

• News
• 12/14/2020

Spot gets a new master

Gatik announces Canada’s first autonomous delivery fleet and $25m in funding

• News
• 11/25/2020

Canadian supermarket giant Loblaw signs up for five vehicles

EdgeQ raises $51m for AI and 5G on a chip

• News
• 11/25/2020

Potential use cases include autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial robotics

Walmart bins Bossa Nova shelf-scanning robots, enters Cruise autonomous delivery partnership

• News
• 11/18/2020

One AI robot loses its job, but another starts an internship

Robo-delivery startup Nuro raises $500 million

• News
• 11/16/2020

After discovering new applications for its product during the pandemic

Alphabet’s X launches ‘computational agriculture’ business Mineral

• News
• 10/14/2020

Google's sibling wants to build smart farms

AI Summit Silicon Valley: How FedEx uses AI to improve its supply chain

• Analysis
• 10/1/2020

Say hello to Roxo

French warehouse robotics startup Exotec raises $90m

• News
• 9/30/2020

Skypods hope to fulfill your 3am retail therapy needs

Omdia: AI to help drive robotics revenue to $286bn by 2026

• News
• 9/29/2020

With agricultural robots expected to emerge as the largest market category

German vertical farm developer Infarm raises $170m

• News
• 9/23/2020

Investors prove they have an appetite for AI-led farming

FDA is using AI to screen imported seafood

• News
• 9/15/2020

The project is just a pilot – but the initial results look very promising

Iron Ox raises $20m for autonomous farming

• News
• 9/13/2020

AI systems could be growing your next salad

AI Summit London: How Tesco used AI to help deal with lockdown demand

• Analysis
• 9/8/2020

Tesco’s CTO talks about the steps taken to confront the COVID crisis

Climax Foods raises $7.5 million to turn data into sustainable cheese

• News
• 9/2/2020

Using AI models to find plant-based proteins that taste just as good

Logistics SaaS platform FarEye closes Series D funding at $37.5 million

• News
• 8/25/2020

The machine learning-based platform is helping customers slash delivery times and boost productivity

Advertima gets $17.5m to develop AI for physical retail

• News
• 8/3/2020

But it only works if people keep going to stores

Dexterity emerges from stealth to launch ‘collaborative’ robots for warehouse automation

• News
• 7/22/2020

They pick, pack, move and collaborate

Scale AI and partners invest $29m in Canadian AI efforts

• News
• 7/22/2020

Five domestic projects receive funding

AI-powered freight dispatcher SmartHop raises $4.5m

• News
• 7/22/2020

Before AI ultimately kills the trucking industry, it might be able to help it

IBM and Verizon collaborate on 5G, AI-based enterprise solutions

• News
• 7/17/2020

First stop: AI for supply chains and industrial organizations

Autonomous grilling and frying robot Flippy gets a job at White Castle

• News
• 7/14/2020

Robots slide into sliders

German port first to adopt ML in shipping container management

• News
• 7/14/2020

The solution aims to reduce dwell time, which is a major challenge for port operators

Microsoft acquires Orions Systems to boost its Connected Store offering

• News
• 7/13/2020

Orions Systems’ tech takes a more flexible approach to cataloging visual data

Tuna Scope: Japanese fish processing facilities trial AI-based tuna grader

• News
• 7/10/2020

An optimization effort, or a marketing move?

Ann Arbor gets a robot grocery delivery service

• News
• 7/1/2020

Local startup dreams of a nationwide roll-out

Amazon makes major self-driving move, acquires Zoox

• News
• 6/26/2020

Unlike some of its competitors, Zoox designs everything – from the chassis to the software

DHL Supply Chain partners with Microsoft and Blue Yonder on warehouse robotics

• News
• 6/24/2020

Helping the logistics giant integrate and use robots faster

Amazon deploys AI-based camera tracking to help with COVID-19 distancing, promises to open source tech

• News
• 6/18/2020

But how much of this is just PR?

Warehouse automation specialist Locus Robotics raises $40 million

• News
• 6/11/2020

DHL is set to deploy 1,000 Locus robots in 2020

Using data and analytics to navigate coronavirus and safeguard for the future

• Partner Perspectives
• 6/10/2020

Data and analytics are often a significant factor driving innovation, but in these difficult times, they are proving more crucial than ever

TalentCloud partners with Microsoft to sell AI-based crop management system to Chinese farmers

• News
• 5/28/2020

Using IoT and machine learning technologies to reduce pollution and food safety risks arising from chemical use

FedEx to develop AI capacity in partnership with Microsoft

• News
• 5/26/2020

Their brainchild - FedEx Surround - will improve the logistics company’s analytical capabilities and enable near real-time tracking

Transmetrics offers free beta testing for AI-based logistics system part-funded by the EU

• News
• 5/22/2020

The SaaS firm was able to proceed with the second phase of development thanks to a €1.67 million grant from the EU Commission

British food and beverage firms take up Quantzig's AI services to address distribution issues

• News
• 5/22/2020

Upheaval caused by coronavirus outbreak adds to existing concerns over quality control and cost optimization

Alibaba to invest $1.4bn in AI smart speakers

• News
• 5/21/2020

Echoing Amazon Echo

Swedish startup receives a grant for AI-run Farming-as-a-Service

• News
• 5/18/2020

Growing greens in Stockholm as part of a government-backed project

Intel Capital invests in 11 AI and automation startups

• News
• 5/13/2020

$132m for American and Chinese businesses

Industrial AI robotics startup Covariant raises $40m

• News
• 5/11/2020

Series B round comes after crucial ABB partnership

Research: Retailers to spend $37.3bn on AI software between 2019 and 2025

• News
• 3/25/2020

From Thales of Miletus to AI and the fourth industrial revolution: A brief history of monopolies

• News
• 3/12/2020

Three steps to harnessing AI for targeted customer acquisition

• News
• 2/24/2020

AI 2020: The next steps for retail supply chain operations

• News
• 12/9/2019

Five companies making humans and AI collaborate

• News
• 11/26/2019

Experts in AI: Succeeding in retail

• Experts in AI
• 10/30/2019

Machine learning could save UK’s largest retailers £144 million in food waste

• News
• 10/29/2019

Experts in AI: Improving sustainability and profitability in retail

• Experts in AI
• 10/23/2019

AI and automation: Transforming sales CRM

• News
• 10/23/2019

Empowering retailers to see into the unknown with AI

• News
• 10/9/2019

Retail giant Sainsbury’s deploys AI to find out what its customers really want

• News
• 10/3/2019

Can artificial intelligence keep counterfeit goods off the web?

• News
• 9/24/2019

Not all AI is created equal

• News
• 8/8/2019

Twilio opens up voice data for AI applications

• News
• 8/8/2019

Luminoso updates its natural language processing suite

• News
• 8/7/2019

The Intelligent Retailer: Meeting Shopper Demand

• News
• 6/25/2019

AI & The Evolution Of The Digital Store

• News
• 5/31/2019

Report: How To Modernize Digital Customer Self-Service

• News
• 5/15/2019

Customer No. 239485968: How AI Is Forging A Human Connection

• News
• 5/2/2019

Why Dumb Chatbots Are The Smart Choice

• News
• 4/29/2019

Personalising Shopping Experiences With AI

• News
• 4/26/2019

McDonald's acquires AI startup to personalize customer experience

• News
• 3/26/2019

Introducing AI To A 150 Year-Old Grocery Store: Sainsbury's Interview

• News
• 3/6/2019

Experts in AI: Making finance more human

• Experts in AI
• 3/4/2019

AI Affects Dynamic Retail Pricing - Here's Why

• News
• 2/20/2019

IBM, McCormick announce collaboration to develop new flavours using AI

• News
• 2/7/2019

Is AI The Future Of British Retail?

• News
• 1/29/2019

AI Will Save The Retail Sector - Here's How

• Infographics
• 1/28/2019

The Next Revolution In eCommerce: Augmented Reality & AI

• News
• 1/24/2019

AI To Reach 80% Retail Adoption In Three Years

• News
• 1/22/2019

AI Is A $340 Billion Opportunity For Retail Sector

• News
• 1/21/2019

5 AI Technologies That Will Transform The Customer Experience In 2019

• News
• 1/7/2019

Cultivating Customer Loyalty Through Technology

• News
• 12/21/2018

How Artificial Intelligence Can Optimise Customer Loyalty

• News
• 12/18/2018

2019 Will See A 'Gold Rush' In Customer AI Adoption

• News
• 12/5/2018

AI is the best present for holiday retailers

• News
• 11/20/2018

4 Ways Chatbots Can Support (Not Replace) Live Agents

• News
• 11/2/2018

Procurement Powered By AI: Opportunities, Risks, And Challenges

• News
• 10/31/2018

Artificial Intelligence Process Automation for Enterprise Business Communication

• News
• 9/4/2018

Chatbot UX: 6 Ways to Keep Customers Engaged

• News
• 8/31/2018

Blogs

Checkout-free retail startup Sensei secures $6.5 million in seed funding

• News
• 4/28/2021

To scale its R&D and begin rollout in Europe

M&S deploys AI-based platform to manage supply across 1,000+ grocery stores

• News
• 4/26/2021

This is not just AI-based supply chain management; this is M&S AI-based supply chain management

Panasonic buys into AI-driven supply chains with $7.1bn acquisition of Blue Yonder

• News
• 4/23/2021

Blue Yonder brand to be retained under newly formed Panasonic Connect Co

Toyota Industries combines autonomous vehicle tech under new T-Hive brand

• News
• 4/22/2021

Based in Holland and dedicated to control systems for automated forklifts and AMRs

Walmart is the latest household name to invest in autonomous vehicle developer Cruise

• News
• 4/19/2021

Retailer says investment backs its sustainability and clean energy plan

Ocado invests $14 million in autonomous driving specialist Oxbotica

• News
• 4/16/2021

UK’s most valuable food retailer ‘excited’ to expand into autonomous deliveries

Indoor farming specialist AppHarvest acquires agricultural robotics firm

• News
• 4/9/2021

Snaps up efficient tomato pickers in a $60 million deal

Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch the warehouse robot

• News
• 3/30/2021

The claw chooses who will go and who will stay

Intel opens chip foundries to third parties, pledges to invest $20bn in manufacturing

• News
• 3/26/2021

Reversing years of company orthodoxy in an instant

Logistics giant XPO and robotics vendor Balyo partner on autonomous reach forklifts

• News
• 3/26/2021

Testing Linde trucks at a distribution center in France

Amazon tells drivers to sign biometric consent form, or lose their job

• News
• 3/25/2021

How would you like to be watched at work?

Applied Materials uses AI to improve chip manufacturing, claims it saved customers $400m

• News
• 3/17/2021

ExtractAI hunts out defects, making semiconductor fabs a little less expensive to run

How Locus Robotics plans to take over the warehouse

• Analysis
• 3/3/2021

CEO Rick Faulk talks the benefits of Robotics as a Service model

ABB adds two models to its ‘cobot’ line-up

• News
• 2/24/2021

GoFa and SWIFTI hope to take robotics into new environments

Robotic harvest companion ‘Carry’ wants to help farmers boost efficiency

• News
• 2/23/2021

Future Acres claims the machine pays for itself in just 80 days

AiFi and Wundermart team up for checkout-less stores throughout Europe

• News
• 2/18/2021

To start, 20 Wundermart locations will be fully automated using the OASIS platform

Bearing.ai comes out of stealth to optimize the shipping industry

• News
• 2/18/2021

Lands large customers at sea

AI Business Podcast 18: The king is dead, long live the king

• Podcasts
• 2/8/2021

Autonomous drone and air taxi port ‘Air One’ set to open in the UK

• News
• 2/1/2021

Its creators hope to eventually operate hundreds of similar sites

Walmart plans modular fulfillment centers full of autonomous robots

• News
• 1/28/2021

Alert Innovation’s Alphabot passes trial with flying colors

Unilever and Alibaba collaborate on AI-powered closed-loop recycling machines

• News
• 1/13/2021

The systems are using AI to identify and sort plastic material, and fast-track it to recycling centers

USDA awards $20 million grant to improve food systems using AI

• News
• 1/6/2021

Including food production, processing, and nutrition

Hyundai plans to acquire robotics visionary Boston Dynamics

• News
• 12/14/2020

Spot gets a new master

Gatik announces Canada’s first autonomous delivery fleet and $25m in funding

• News
• 11/25/2020

Canadian supermarket giant Loblaw signs up for five vehicles

EdgeQ raises $51m for AI and 5G on a chip

• News
• 11/25/2020

Potential use cases include autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial robotics

Walmart bins Bossa Nova shelf-scanning robots, enters Cruise autonomous delivery partnership

• News
• 11/18/2020

One AI robot loses its job, but another starts an internship

Robo-delivery startup Nuro raises $500 million

• News
• 11/16/2020

After discovering new applications for its product during the pandemic

Alphabet’s X launches ‘computational agriculture’ business Mineral

• News
• 10/14/2020

Google's sibling wants to build smart farms

AI Summit Silicon Valley: How FedEx uses AI to improve its supply chain

• Analysis
• 10/1/2020

Say hello to Roxo

French warehouse robotics startup Exotec raises $90m

• News
• 9/30/2020

Skypods hope to fulfill your 3am retail therapy needs

Omdia: AI to help drive robotics revenue to $286bn by 2026

• News
• 9/29/2020

With agricultural robots expected to emerge as the largest market category

German vertical farm developer Infarm raises $170m

• News
• 9/23/2020

Investors prove they have an appetite for AI-led farming

FDA is using AI to screen imported seafood

• News
• 9/15/2020

The project is just a pilot – but the initial results look very promising

Iron Ox raises $20m for autonomous farming

• News
• 9/13/2020

AI systems could be growing your next salad

AI Summit London: How Tesco used AI to help deal with lockdown demand

• Analysis
• 9/8/2020

Tesco’s CTO talks about the steps taken to confront the COVID crisis

Climax Foods raises $7.5 million to turn data into sustainable cheese

• News
• 9/2/2020

Using AI models to find plant-based proteins that taste just as good

Logistics SaaS platform FarEye closes Series D funding at $37.5 million

• News
• 8/25/2020

The machine learning-based platform is helping customers slash delivery times and boost productivity

Advertima gets $17.5m to develop AI for physical retail

• News
• 8/3/2020

But it only works if people keep going to stores

Dexterity emerges from stealth to launch ‘collaborative’ robots for warehouse automation

• News
• 7/22/2020

They pick, pack, move and collaborate

Scale AI and partners invest $29m in Canadian AI efforts

• News
• 7/22/2020

Five domestic projects receive funding

AI-powered freight dispatcher SmartHop raises $4.5m

• News
• 7/22/2020

Before AI ultimately kills the trucking industry, it might be able to help it

IBM and Verizon collaborate on 5G, AI-based enterprise solutions

• News
• 7/17/2020

First stop: AI for supply chains and industrial organizations

Autonomous grilling and frying robot Flippy gets a job at White Castle

• News
• 7/14/2020

Robots slide into sliders

German port first to adopt ML in shipping container management

• News
• 7/14/2020

The solution aims to reduce dwell time, which is a major challenge for port operators

Microsoft acquires Orions Systems to boost its Connected Store offering

• News
• 7/13/2020

Orions Systems’ tech takes a more flexible approach to cataloging visual data

Tuna Scope: Japanese fish processing facilities trial AI-based tuna grader

• News
• 7/10/2020

An optimization effort, or a marketing move?

Ann Arbor gets a robot grocery delivery service

• News
• 7/1/2020

Local startup dreams of a nationwide roll-out

Amazon makes major self-driving move, acquires Zoox

• News
• 6/26/2020

Unlike some of its competitors, Zoox designs everything – from the chassis to the software

DHL Supply Chain partners with Microsoft and Blue Yonder on warehouse robotics

• News
• 6/24/2020

Helping the logistics giant integrate and use robots faster

Amazon deploys AI-based camera tracking to help with COVID-19 distancing, promises to open source tech

• News
• 6/18/2020

But how much of this is just PR?

Warehouse automation specialist Locus Robotics raises $40 million

• News
• 6/11/2020

DHL is set to deploy 1,000 Locus robots in 2020

Using data and analytics to navigate coronavirus and safeguard for the future

• Partner Perspectives
• 6/10/2020

Data and analytics are often a significant factor driving innovation, but in these difficult times, they are proving more crucial than ever

TalentCloud partners with Microsoft to sell AI-based crop management system to Chinese farmers

• News
• 5/28/2020

Using IoT and machine learning technologies to reduce pollution and food safety risks arising from chemical use

FedEx to develop AI capacity in partnership with Microsoft

• News
• 5/26/2020

Their brainchild - FedEx Surround - will improve the logistics company’s analytical capabilities and enable near real-time tracking

Transmetrics offers free beta testing for AI-based logistics system part-funded by the EU

• News
• 5/22/2020

The SaaS firm was able to proceed with the second phase of development thanks to a €1.67 million grant from the EU Commission

British food and beverage firms take up Quantzig's AI services to address distribution issues

• News
• 5/22/2020

Upheaval caused by coronavirus outbreak adds to existing concerns over quality control and cost optimization

Alibaba to invest $1.4bn in AI smart speakers

• News
• 5/21/2020

Echoing Amazon Echo

Swedish startup receives a grant for AI-run Farming-as-a-Service

• News
• 5/18/2020

Growing greens in Stockholm as part of a government-backed project

Intel Capital invests in 11 AI and automation startups

• News
• 5/13/2020

$132m for American and Chinese businesses

Industrial AI robotics startup Covariant raises $40m

• News
• 5/11/2020

Series B round comes after crucial ABB partnership

Research: Retailers to spend $37.3bn on AI software between 2019 and 2025

• News
• 3/25/2020

From Thales of Miletus to AI and the fourth industrial revolution: A brief history of monopolies

• News
• 3/12/2020

Three steps to harnessing AI for targeted customer acquisition

• News
• 2/24/2020

AI 2020: The next steps for retail supply chain operations

• News
• 12/9/2019

Five companies making humans and AI collaborate

• News
• 11/26/2019

Experts in AI: Succeeding in retail

• Experts in AI
• 10/30/2019

Machine learning could save UK’s largest retailers £144 million in food waste

• News
• 10/29/2019

Experts in AI: Improving sustainability and profitability in retail

• Experts in AI
• 10/23/2019

AI and automation: Transforming sales CRM

• News
• 10/23/2019

Empowering retailers to see into the unknown with AI

• News
• 10/9/2019

Retail giant Sainsbury’s deploys AI to find out what its customers really want

• News
• 10/3/2019

Can artificial intelligence keep counterfeit goods off the web?

• News
• 9/24/2019

Not all AI is created equal

• News
• 8/8/2019

Twilio opens up voice data for AI applications

• News
• 8/8/2019

Luminoso updates its natural language processing suite

• News
• 8/7/2019

The Intelligent Retailer: Meeting Shopper Demand

• News
• 6/25/2019

AI & The Evolution Of The Digital Store

• News
• 5/31/2019

Report: How To Modernize Digital Customer Self-Service

• News
• 5/15/2019

Customer No. 239485968: How AI Is Forging A Human Connection

• News
• 5/2/2019

Why Dumb Chatbots Are The Smart Choice

• News
• 4/29/2019

Personalising Shopping Experiences With AI

• News
• 4/26/2019

McDonald's acquires AI startup to personalize customer experience

• News
• 3/26/2019

Introducing AI To A 150 Year-Old Grocery Store: Sainsbury's Interview

• News
• 3/6/2019

Experts in AI: Making finance more human

• Experts in AI
• 3/4/2019

AI Affects Dynamic Retail Pricing - Here's Why

• News
• 2/20/2019

IBM, McCormick announce collaboration to develop new flavours using AI

• News
• 2/7/2019

Is AI The Future Of British Retail?

• News
• 1/29/2019

AI Will Save The Retail Sector - Here's How

• Infographics
• 1/28/2019

The Next Revolution In eCommerce: Augmented Reality & AI

• News
• 1/24/2019

AI To Reach 80% Retail Adoption In Three Years

• News
• 1/22/2019

AI Is A $340 Billion Opportunity For Retail Sector

• News
• 1/21/2019

5 AI Technologies That Will Transform The Customer Experience In 2019

• News
• 1/7/2019

Cultivating Customer Loyalty Through Technology

• News
• 12/21/2018

How Artificial Intelligence Can Optimise Customer Loyalty

• News
• 12/18/2018

2019 Will See A 'Gold Rush' In Customer AI Adoption

• News
• 12/5/2018

AI is the best present for holiday retailers

• News
• 11/20/2018

4 Ways Chatbots Can Support (Not Replace) Live Agents

• News
• 11/2/2018

Procurement Powered By AI: Opportunities, Risks, And Challenges

• News
• 10/31/2018

Artificial Intelligence Process Automation for Enterprise Business Communication

• News
• 9/4/2018

Chatbot UX: 6 Ways to Keep Customers Engaged

• News
• 8/31/2018