Report: Starbucks scrapped an AI inventory tool and left a Seattle-area startup ‘blindsided’

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Known as "Automated Counting," the tool was built in partnership with NomadGo to scan backroom storage shelves using iPad Pros equipped with computer vision, spatial computing, and augmented reality. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/report-starbucks-scrapped-an-ai-inventory-tool-and-left-a-seattle-area-startup-blindsided/">Read More