Eagle Eye, the SaaS and AI company known for loyalty and omnichannel marketing solutions, has introduced Smart Rewards, a real-time loyalty and incentive engine designed to transform checkout experiences across retail, travel, and hospitality. As part of the company’s Smart Checkout suite, the platform promises speed, precision, and personalization, processing complex loyalty calculations faster than a Google search.
Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in transformative intelligence, has introduced two AI-powered solutions for its Innography platform: Innography AI Classifier and Innography SEP Analyzer. The tools are designed to help organizations make faster, more confident decisions in patent portfolio management, licensing, and commercialization.
Red Lobster, the world’s largest seafood restaurant chain, is turning up the dial on convenience with a new AI-powered phone ordering system powered by SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN). The rollout, spanning all Red Lobster locations, aims to transform how guests place takeout orders while giving in-restaurant staff more breathing room.
GrubMarket, a leading AI-powered food supply chain technology enabler, has released its latest AI agent: the Reporting AI Agent, the third in its GrubAssist AI platform following the AI Orders Agent and Inventory Management AI Agent. Designed specifically for food wholesalers and distributors, the Reporting AI Agent automates business reporting, turning raw ERP data into actionable insights without manual queries or custom reporting overhead.
Flagship Pioneering, the innovation engine behind transformative platforms and products, has unveiled Extuitive, an AI-first company aimed at democratizing product innovation for small businesses. With $20 million in seed funding from Flagship, Extuitive’s platform leverages agentic AI—autonomous software agents trained as product designers, marketers, and consumer researchers—to accelerate how products and targeted content are created, validated, and launched.
Retail Stores Are Striking Back with AI and Connected Technology
IFA Berlin is no stranger to ambitious claims about the future of consumer tech. This year, Beko is making its case with a lineup of smart appliances that blend artificial intelligence, sustainability, and reliability into the humble washing machine and dryer.
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) today announced new collaborations with Acumino, CAMB.AI, and GreenMatterAI to bring advanced AI solutions into the automotive and manufacturing sectors. The initiatives are part of DXC’s ongoing partnership with STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play, a global innovation platform that connects startups with leading enterprises to drive real-world industry transformation.
In a move that could redefine how car dealerships manage trade-ins, inride, the fast-growing consumer-to-dealer automotive marketplace, has officially launched Trade Agent AI. This agentic AI platform is designed to uncover untapped trade-in and purchase opportunities directly from dealer databases—without human involvement.
