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Focal Systems
Focal Systems is a Burlingame, California computer-vision company building what it calls the Self-Driving Store. Its battery-powered shelf cameras digitize aisles every hour and feed FocalOS, a retail operating system that automates ordering, restocking, planogram compliance and labor scheduling for some of the world's largest grocers, including Walmart and Morrisons.
Kargo
Kargo is a San Francisco-based AI company building computer vision systems for warehouse loading docks. Its Kargo Tower and Kargo Lift hardware capture freight as it moves, reading labels, flagging damage, and feeding accurate, real-time inventory data into enterprise systems.
Quartzy
Quartzy is the lab management platform used by research scientists to track inventory, manage orders, and buy supplies from a marketplace of more than 1,000 suppliers - all in one place. Founded in 2011 by two Columbia PhD students who got tired of the paperwork eating their bench time.