AiFi
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Type of site | Private |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California |
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| CEO | Steve Gu |
| Industry | AI Commerce, Retail Automation |
AiFi is a privately held automated retail technology company with a computer vision platform for autonomous brick and mortar stores, known as cashierless stores.
AiFi works with retailers including Carrefour (France), Morrisons (UK), Żabka (Poland),[1][2] and Choice Market as well as technical partnerships such as Verizon for 5G connectivity.
Founded in 2016 by former Apple and Google X researchers Steve Gu and Ying Zheng, AiFi is considered a competitor to Amazon Go in the autonomous shopping space by CNBC and Fortune.[3][4][5]
Locations[]
CNBC in November 2019 said a total of eight autonomous stores were being tested by AiFi.[3] In the UAE, AiFi partners up with Majid Al Futtaim to build the first autonomous Carrefour City+ store in the Mall of the Emirates. In Poland, AiFi has been supporting Zabka to roll out the autonomous Zappka stores across the country. In France, AiFi and Carrefour spent three years developing Flash 10/10 ("10 seconds to shop and 10 seconds to pay”) and launched the autonomous Carrefour Flash stores in Massy and Paris.
| # | City | Launch Date | Partner | Type | Size (sq.ft) | Ref(s) | |
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| 1 | New York, USA | January 13, 2019
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NRF 2019
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NanoStore | 160 | ||
| 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany | February 19, 2019
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EuroCIS 2019, Microsoft
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NanoStore | 120 | ||
| 3 | Los Angeles, USA | October 22, 2019
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MWC 2019, Nvidia
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NanoStore | 120 | ||
| 4 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | November 26, 2019
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Albert Heijn
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NanoStore | 200 | ||
| 5 | Massy, France | January 1, 2020
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Carrefour
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Convenience Store | 800 | ||
| 6 | Campbell, California | January 2, 2020
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Loop Neighborhood
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NanoStore | 200 | ||
| 7 | Shanghai, China | April 2, 2020
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AiGo
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Convenience Store | 800 | ||
| 8 | Poznań, Poland | July 7, 2020
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Żabka
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NanoStore | 200 | ||
| 9 | Shanghai, China | Aug 1, 2020
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AiGo
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Convenience Store | 1000 | ||
| 10 | Shanghai, China | December 1, 2020
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AiGo
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Convenience Store | 4000 | ||
| 11 | Denver, Colorado | April 21, 2021
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Choice Market
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Grocery Store | 5000 | ||
| 12 | Speedway, Indiana | May 28, 2021
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Verizon
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NanoStore | 160 | ||
| 13 | Herenhof, Netherlands | May 28, 2021
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PostNL
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NanoStore | 200 | ||
| 14 | Poznań, Poland | June 14, 2021
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Żabka
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NanoStore | 210 | ||
| 15 | Bradford, UK | July 19, 2021
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Morrisons
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NanoStore | 210 | ||
| 16 | Bay Area, California | July 21, 2021
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Loop Neighborhood
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Convenience Store | 1650 | ||
| 17 | Napa, California | September 4, 2021
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BottleRock Napa Valley
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NanoStore | 200 | ||
| 18 | Dubai, UAE | September 6, 2021
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Majid Al Futtaim
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Convenience Store | 1000 | ||
| 19 | Poznań, Poland | September 15, 2021
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Żabka
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Convenience Store | 250 | ||
| 20 | Asbury Park, New Jersey | September 18, 2021
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SEA.HEAR.NOW Festival
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NanoStore | 210 | ||
| 21 | New York City, New York | September 24, 2021
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The Governors Ball Music Festival
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NanoStore | 210 | [22] | |
| 22 | Poznań, Poland | September 28, 2021
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Żabka
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NanoStore | 200 | [23] | |
| 23 | Poznań, Poland | September 29, 2021
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Żabka
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NanoStore | 200 | [23] | |
| 24 | Kraków, Poland | September 29, 2021
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Żabka
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Convenience Store | 225 | [23] | |
| 25 | Warsaw, Poland | September 30, 2021
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Żabka
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Convenience Store | 235 | [23] | |
| 26 | Paris, France | November 24, 2021
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Carrefour
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Convenience Store | 800 | [24] | |
| 27 | Stacja Metra C-16 Szwedzka nr 101, Warsaw, Poland | December 6, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 312 | [25] | |
| 28 | Stacja Metra C-17 Targówek nr. 1012, Warsaw, Poland | December 6, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 560 | [25] | |
| 29 | Zamkowa 1, 03-890 Warsaw, Poland | December 6, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 355 | [25] | |
| 30 | STACJA METRA C-18 TROCKA nr 1011, Warsaw, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 375 | [26] | |
| 31 | Warszawska 84, Poznań, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 270 | [26] | |
| 32 | Stacja Metra C-17 Targówek nr 1011, Warsaw, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 205 | [26] | |
| 33 | Balicka 18A, Kraków, Kraków, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 322 | [26] | |
| 34 | Wierna 26, Warsaw, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 260 | [26] | |
| 35 | al. Niepodległości 121/123, Warsaw, Poland | December 15, 2021 | Żabka | Convenience Store | 260 | ||
| 36 | Váci út 116-118 1133 Budapest Hungary | December 15, 2021 | Kende Gastro | Convenience Store | 142 | ||
| 37 | HardRock Stadium, Miami, FL | December 20, 2021 | Miami Dolphins, Verizon | Convenience Store | 200 | [27] | |
| 38 | Ford Field, Detroit, MI | December 20, 2021 | Detroit Lions, Levy, Verizon | Convenience Store | 400 | [28] | |
| 39 | Greenwich, London, United Kingdom | January 18, 2022 | Aldi Süd | Grocery Store | 5200 | [29] |
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- ^ a b Jacob Douglas and Christopher Butler (November 12, 2019). "Amazon Go, the cashierless retail store of the future, has some new competition". CNBC. CNBC, LLC. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b Vanian, Jonathan (December 20, 2019). "Amazon Go's Cashierless Stores Have a New Rival". Fortune. Fortune Media IP Limited. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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- ^ https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-eurocis-2019-en//
- ^ https://www.accesswire.com/563875/AiFi-Unveils-Autonomous-Store-Platform-to-Automate-the-Worlds-Stores/
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- ^ https://issuu.com/b2e-media/docs/interface_june21?fr=sNjZhNTM2NTU3MzE
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- ^ https://www.paymentsjournal.com/aifi-rolls-out-autonomous-store-checkout-to-denver-market/
- ^ https://cstoredecisions.com/2021/05/28/aifi-verizon-bring-autonomous-checkout-to-indy-500/
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- ^ https://thespoon.tech/aifi-retrofitting-two-more-loop-neighboorhood-stores-with-cashierless-chekout-tech/
- ^ @BottleRockNapa (5 September 2021). "Keeping the good vibes going all weekend long in Napa Valley!