Instacart acquires shelf-scanning technology startup

Instacart acquires shelf-scanning technology startup

The purchase of Arpalus gives it a system that allows workers to record product levels on store shelves using a smartphone app.

Instacart’s Arpalus Buy Highlights Grocery’s Next Data Frontier: The Shelf - Food Trade News & Food World

AI-powered shelf intelligence could help retailers recover lost sales, improve execution… And creates a new battle over retail data Instacart (NASDAQ: CART)  is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities in grocery retail with the acquisition of Arpalus, a computer vision company focused on real-time shelf intelligence, the company announced July 16.  The San Francisco-based grocery technology company said the acquisition will strengthen…