Firework, a video commerce and engagement platform, has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual shopping assistant for eCommerce merchants. Dubbed AVA (AI Virtual Assistant), the assistant takes the form of a digital human avatar that uses Firework’s proprietary large language model (LLM) to transform eCommerce...
Klarna is working with OpenAI to use ChatGPT as a personal shopping assistant. The Klarna integrated plug-in Plugin for ChatGPT will enable users to ask the platform for shopping advice and receive product recommendations along with links to shop those products, Klarna said in a...
London-based smart grocery shopping assistant Lollipop is the latest example of the surge in the FoodTech industry after it secured almost $6.2 million in a seed funding round, according to an announcement Tuesday (May 10), Tech Funding News reported. Octopus Ventures led Lollipop’s fundraising effort,...
Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo rolled out shopping chatbot Uniqlo IQ on Thursday (August 2), which acts as a digital concierge service. According to a report in VentureBeat, the machine learning chatbot will provide Japanese users with personalized style recommendations from its collection. “As retail moves...
May 28, 2024
Faircado has raised €3 million (about $3.3 million) to continue building its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered reCommerce platform. “Faircado exists to empower every consumer to buy better — for their wallet and for the planet — by easily switching from buying new to buying secondhand,” the company said in a Tuesday (May 28) post on LinkedIn. […]
January 10, 2024
Firework, a video commerce and engagement platform, has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual shopping assistant for eCommerce merchants. Dubbed AVA (AI Virtual Assistant), the assistant takes the form of...
March 23, 2023
Klarna is working with OpenAI to use ChatGPT as a personal shopping assistant. The Klarna integrated plug-in Plugin for ChatGPT will enable users to ask the platform for shopping advice...
May 10, 2022
London-based smart grocery shopping assistant Lollipop is the latest example of the surge in the FoodTech industry after it secured almost $6.2 million in a seed funding round, according to...
