According to research firm Gartner, 85% of customer interactions in retail will be managed by artificial intelligence by 2020. Several AI startups are transforming the retail industry by developing technologies like computer vision, deep learning, and virtual product try-on to improve the customer experience. Some startups highlighted include SmartCow, Maxerience, FaceMedia, DressLife, DigitalBridge, MapD, GoFind.ai, and Focal Systems, which are using AI and GPUs to develop solutions for areas like inventory management, product recommendations, and virtual shopping.

1. TOP AI STARTUPS
DISRUPTING RETAIL

2. ACCORDING TO GARTNER, BY 2020, 85% OF
CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS IN RETAIL WILL BE
MANAGED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

3. STARTUPS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT,
DRIVING AI ADOPTION AND ACCELERATION
IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY.

4. INCEPTION, NVIDIA’S VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR
FOR AI STARTUPS, HAS 1500+
EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES IN ITS PROGRAM …

5. HERE’S SEVEN
TRANSFORMING THE
RETAIL INDUSTRY…
• SmartCow
• Maxerience
• FaceMedia
• DressLife
• DigitalBridge
• MapD
• Gofind.ai
• Focal Systems

6. SmartCow builds hardware architecture
that deploys deep learning technology
and GPU-accelerated network devices
for leading practitioners of the IOT,
Cybersecurity, and Deep Learning
industry.
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SmartCow |Singapore

7. Maxerience is involved in embedded
system and visual intelligence to
provide business analytics in consumer
space. Their IP’s transform standard
vision and detection algorithms to give
an accuracy improvement of 3x in
dynamic environments.
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Maxerience | Santa Clara

8. At FaceMedia, we implement face and
body-detection based technologies to
deliver solutions for retail, digital
signage, and advertising. We help
customers analyze consumer insights
and identify key metrics about visitors
of shopping malls.
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FaceMedia | Slovakia

9. DressLife enables online shoppers to
filter clothing according to their
probability of keeping and liking the
product (based on an artificial neural
network).
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DressLife | Germany

10. DigitalBridge is a magical room
visualization tool that allows your
customers to see what your home-
decoration products look like in their
room. Their computer vision technology
analyzes and generates a 3D space to
work from.
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DigitalBridge | Manchester

11. By pairing a lightning fast, SQL-
compliant, GPU database with a cutting
edge visual analytics engine, MapD
allows multi-billion record datasets to
be queried and visualized in
milliseconds.
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MapD | San Francisco

12. GoFindAI uses CUDA and GPUs to train
deep learning models on over 20 million
images from 600+ US-based eCommerce
stores. Once trained, the app’s
intelligence analyzes patterns,
structures, styles, and other details for
recommendations.
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GoFindAI | San Francisco

13. Focal Systems deploys our patented
Computer Vision technology via an easy-
to-use tablet mounted on shopping cart
handle-bars. The tablet allows real-
time out-of-stock detection for
retailers, digital advertising for
advertisers, and deal-finding for
shoppers.
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Focal Systems | Palo Alto

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