Mashgin Hits $ 1.5 billion tus nqi nrog AI-Powered Self-Checkout System

Mashgin lub computer tsis pom kev AI kev kuaj xyuas tus kheej tuaj yeem luam tawm ntau cov khoom ntim nrog rau cov khoom noj hauv ib lub vib nas this. Lub tuam txhab cov kiosks ntse tau pab cov khw muag khoom tawm tsam kev ua haujlwm tsis txaus hauv lub tebchaws.


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ukul Dhankar thiab Abhinai Srivastava yog nyob rau hauv kev lag luam ntawm kev txo cov kab ntev. Raws li cov cofounders ntawm AI-raws li touchless self-checkout startup Mashgin, lawv yog tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txaus siab los pab tibneeg hu tauj coob retailers ntawm tej chaw xws li tshav dav hlau thiab chaw ntau pob los ntawm scanning ntau yam khoom nyob rau hauv ib lub vib nas this.

Mashgin, lub ntsiab lus rau "mash-up ntawm kev txawj ntse," tsim cov kiosks ntse uas muab kev txheeb xyuas tus kheej hauv ntau dua 1000 qhov chaw, tsis muaj barcode lossis scanning yuav tsum tau. Qhov yooj yim-rau-nruab countertop system, suav nrog ntau lub koob yees duab uas tsim kom muaj kev nkag siab peb-dimensional ntawm cov khoom, tsis hais yam khoom lossis qhov chaw ntim khoom. Mashgin lub computer tsis pom kev AI tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas cov khoom ntim nrog rau cov zaub mov ntawm lub phaj uas ua rau cov neeg siv khoom ntawm cov khw muag khoom, chaw ntau pob thiab chaw noj mov kom them-thiab-mus txog 10 npaug sai dua li ntawm cov neeg khaws nyiaj ib txwm muaj.

"Peb nkag siab tias 75% ntawm cov khw muag khoom tseem nyob offline," sasy CEO Srivastava, uas nws lub tuam txhab kuj muaj cov ntsiav tshuaj kev cai thiab kev txiav txim hauv xov tooj ntawm tes. "Thaum cov khw muag khoom siv peb cov thev naus laus zis, ntau qhov kev muag khoom nce los ntawm cov paj loj loj vim tias tsis muaj kab ntxiv lawm."

Mashgin, nyob rau hauv tandem nrog nws thawj tsos ntawm lub Forbes AI 50 daim ntawv teev npe, tshaj tawm $ 62.5 lab series-B pab nyiaj rau hnub Monday. Coj los ntawm thoob ntiaj teb VC tuam txhab NEA, qhov puag ncig no nce lub tuam txhab tus nqi rau $ 1.5 billion. Lub tuam txhab tau txais txiaj ntsig tau nce $ 75 lab rau hnub no thiab khwv tau kwv yees li $ 14 lab hauv cov nyiaj tau los hauv 2021. Nrog rau cov nyiaj tshiab, Mashgin npaj yuav nthuav nws pab neeg ntawm 20 tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab loj hlob nws cov lag luam hauv Tebchaws Europe.

Tshaj tawm xyoo 2013, Mashgin tau ua tiav nws cov thev naus laus zis AI xya xyoo ua ntej kev sib kis tau nrawm nrawm rau cov khw muag khoom siv nyiaj qiv nyiaj tsawg dua. Founders Dhankar thiab Srivastava thawj zaug ntsib ntawm Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, qhov chaw lawv nyob hauv tib lub tsev so. Lawv kawm tiav, thiab ua raws li kev ua haujlwm sib txawv, tab sis tau ntsib dua hauv Silicon Valley thiab pib ua haujlwm ntawm lawv lub tswv yim pib.

"Kuv nco qab hnub Mukul tsim ib qho yooj yim demo nrog lub rooj teeb thiab lub webcam," nco qab Srivastava. Qhov ntawd yog cuaj xyoos dhau los. Thaum lawv xav tias tsim cov thev naus laus zis yuav yog txoj haujlwm rau lub hlis, nws tau siv sijhawm tsib xyoos los tsim cov thev naus laus zis hauv kev siv nyiaj.

"Peb nkag siab tias 75% ntawm cov khw muag khoom tseem nyob offline. Thaum cov khw muag khoom siv peb cov thev naus laus zis, ntau qhov kev muag khoom nce los ntawm cov paj loj loj vim tias tsis muaj kab ntxiv lawm. "

Abhinai Srivastava, CEO Mashgin

"Mukul thiab kuv tau tsav tsheb mus rau lub khw muag khoom yooj yim nyob rau nruab nrab Lub Xya Hli, sawv ntawm ob lub lis piam, thiab coj 20 mus rau 40 daim duab ntawm txhua yam khoom hauv lub khw," hais tias Jack Hogan, tus lwm thawj loj ntawm Mashgin hais txog qhov lawv pib tsim. ib tug database ntawm 20,0000 dluab los qhia lawv algorithm. Txog rau hnub tim, 35 lab kev lag luam tau tshwm sim ntawm Mashgin kiosks, thiab txhua qhov kev sib pauv ntxiv cov duab ntxiv rau cov algorithm, ua rau nws muaj zog dua.

Dhankar, uas tau los nrog lub tswv yim rau qhov ceev thiab yooj yim checkout system thaum tos nyob rau hauv kab ntawm lub tsev noj mov, hais tias lub system yog tam sim no ntau tshaj li 99%. "Nws tau exponentially nyuaj thaum koj mus rau 95% lub hom phiaj," nws hais.

Yuav luag ib xyoo caum tom qab, Mashgin sib tw hauv kev lag luam uas muaj neeg coob coob. Artificial txawj ntse thiab computer vision technology tau perforated txhua yam ntawm cov niaj hnub khw muag khoom kev paub: los ntawm H&Mlub suab-activated ntse iav uas tso cai rau cov neeg yuav khoom coj selfies rau Amazon's ntse lub laub khoom noj khoom haus uas siv lub computer tsis pom kev los luam theej duab cov khoom thiab them nyiaj los ntawm lub laub nws tus kheej.

Kev txheeb xyuas cov cuab yeej ntse yuav tsum yog kwv yees li $ 400 nphom kev lag luam los ntawm 2025, raws li Kev Tshawb Fawb Juniper. Nyob rau hauv 2021, Instacart tau txais checkout tech platform Caper AI. Lwm qhov kev lag luam AI hauv tib qeb xws li Tel Aviv-based Cov nplej thiab Khw muag khoom tau ntim cov nyiaj ntau ntawm VC thaum muaj kev kub ntxhov. Qhov no nyob rau hauv lem ua rau muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog yuav ua li cas ntse checkouts khiav txoj kev pheej hmoo ntawm tshem tawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, feem ntau yog poj niam.

Tab sis cov thawj coj hais tias lawv tau ntsib cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm tsis txaus hauv lub tebchaws es tsis txo cov haujlwm. Raws li kev tshawb fawb los ntawm S&P global, 6.3 lab tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv khw muag khoom tau tso lawv txoj haujlwm hauv thawj kaum lub hlis xyoo 2021. Cov thev naus laus zis zoo li Mashgin pab cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev txo cov kev ntxhov siab rau cov neeg muag khoom tsis txaus ntseeg, Srivastava hais. "Muaj ntau ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom nquag sim ua kom tiav ntau txhiab txoj haujlwm qhib. Mashgin pab lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm tsom mus rau yam koj ua tsis tau nrog automation, "nws hais.

Mashgin tsub kwv yees li ntawm $ 1000 ib lub tshuab ib hlis twg, thaum tus nqi ntawm cov khoom lag luam qis dua cov neeg sib tw. Cov khoom siv yog tsim nyob rau hauv California, es tsis txhob raug ntshuam los ntawm lwm lub teb chaws. Srivastava hais tias "Peb yeej siv cov koob yees duab pheej yig heev, Peb tuaj yeem xa mus rau qhov chaw hauv 15 feeb thiab pheej yig heev," Srivastava hais. Txhawm rau kom suav nrog ntau dua ntawm cov nyiaj tsis muaj txhab nyiaj thiab thaj chaw uas muaj kev sib txuas tsis zoo, Mashgin lub kaw lus lees txais nyiaj ntsuab thiab tuaj yeem ua haujlwm yam tsis muaj internet.

Lub tuam txhab cov kiosks tuaj yeem pom hauv Madison Square Garden hauv New York thiab Arrowhead Stadium hauv Kansas City, ntawm lwm qhov chaw loj. Koj tseem yuav pom lawv hauv tshav dav hlau loj nrog rau Delek US cov khw muag khoom yooj yim hauv Texas. Lub tuam txhab Palo Alto-based yog tus kheej-checkout tech xaiv rau Compass Group, lub tuam txhab kev cog lus loj tshaj plaws hauv lub ntiaj teb.

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Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2022/05/09/mashgin-hits-15-billion-valuation-with-ai-powered-self-checkout-system/