The Brazilian-born commerce company connects the stockrooms, sellers and systems behind the buy button. Its next test is turning that operational expertise into an AI business customers will pay for.

For three decades, Guidance took on the checkout jobs with too many markets, too many systems and no room for a wobble. Now inside OneMagnify, its best argument is still the work nobody notices when it works.
The Los Angeles company spent two decades turning the humble order screen into a commerce engine. Its real trick is less visible: making kiosks, apps, loyalty, delivery and aging restaurant systems behave like one machine.
The card reader on the counter is only the visible tip. Verifone is rebuilding its four-decade hardware franchise as a software-connected payments grid for merchants that need every channel, processor and checkout to behave like one system.
Spresso.AI is a New York-based enterprise SaaS company that uses AI, machine learning and reinforcement learning to help retailers, brands and CPG companies set profit-maximizing prices at the SKU level. Spun out of the online wholesaler Boxed, Spresso packages its Pricing Intelligence, Enterprise Commerce Suite and Spend Management tools into a modular platform that continuously tests price points and allocates customer traffic toward the most profitable one. Led by CEO Jared Yaman and backed by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, the company serves roughly 15 enterprise customers, including AEON Group and Fortune 500 brands.