Articles about inventory

Robot on aisle 7: Customers react to autonomous inventory machine roaming a Seattle grocery store

An autonomous, camera-laden robot named Tally is scanning shelves — and triggering a mix of Jetsons-esque wonder, anxiety about job losses, and some customer privacy fears. Read More

Report: Starbucks scrapped an AI inventory tool and left a Seattle-area startup ‘blindsided’

Known as “Automated Counting,” the tool was built in partnership with NomadGo to scan backroom storage shelves using iPad Pros equipped with computer vision, spatial computing, and augmented reality. Read More

Fresh off $37.5M round, Augmodo’s vision for spatial computing inside retail stores sharpens

Even after raising $37.5 million in a new funding round, Augmodo founder and CEO Ross Finman admits that his startup might not… Read More

Inventory-tracking startup Augmodo raises $5.3M to monitor store shelves via wearable tech

Augmodo, the Seattle-based startup that wants to make it easier for retailers to keep track of inventory, raised $5.3 million… Read More

Former Niantic leader’s spatial computing startup aims to help retailers track shelf inventory

When Ross Finman and his wife set out to try to find baby formula during a critical shortage of the… Read More

Nomad Go raises $1.5M to power computer vision software that automatically counts inventory

Nomad Go has pivoted from counting people to counting inventory. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup raised $1.5 million to help power… Read More

Redfin says those crazy home bidding wars in Seattle may slow — but it’s still a seller’s market

Redfin has a message for homebuyers in its hometown of Seattle: Don’t give up yet. Related: Redfin offers glimmer… Read More