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KG Ganapathi and the problem hiding in plain sight
He began with drones that could count warehouse stock. Listening to customers led SK “KG” Ganapathi toward a larger question: how do you make the inventory record agree with the world?
Vast sold the car story. Then the car seller stopped.
Vroom paid about $120 million for Vast’s CarStory business. When Vroom stopped selling cars, the software kept working - a revealing tale about the value, and limits, of knowing what a vehicle is worth.
Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith is a Boston-based software executive currently serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Onebeat, a retail inventory intelligence platform. A Providence College graduate with roots in enterprise supply-chain software, he has spent his career at the intersection of merchandising strategy and inventory optimization, with prior stops at ToolsGroup, antuit.ai, ESG, and Park City Group. He writes and speaks about the 'Retail Margin Spiral' and the 'Inventory Intelligence Loop,' arguing that softlines retailers must move from reactive planning to continuous, real-time decisioning.