We are excited to announce that Microsoft for Startups will be joining . NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show January 15-17, 2023 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. There are several activities planned for the event, which will showcase about a dozen startups focused on intelligent stores, unified commerce and the metaverse.
Events at NRF 2023
NRF’s Microsoft for Startups Sneak Preview
To learn more about the startups featured at NRF 2023 (and all the events we have planned), join us for a sneak preview webinar on Tuesday, January 10th at 9:00 AM PT. Click here to register for this webinar.
Microsoft for Startups Networking Reception
Microsoft Terrace at the Javits Center on Monday, January 16, 4:00-5:00 PM ET.
Meet some of the top retail startups that are driving retail innovation. This session is aimed at Microsoft account teams and retailers and CPG companies. Click here to register.
Microsoft for Startups Innovation Showcase
The Avanade Lounge at the Javits Center, daily from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET, Sunday through Tuesday, January 15-17.
Microsoft for Startups showcases top retail solutions covering three key themes retailers are looking to tackle in 2023. Click here to register.
- Sunday, January 15: Intelligent Store
- Monday, January 16: Unified Commerce / Supply Chain
- Tuesday, January 17: iCommerce/Metaverse
Schedule a 1:1 meeting with your startup
This is your chance to schedule a one-on-one meeting with the founders of our Microsoft for Startups partners. Please let us know who you would like to meet (see list below) and a convenient date and time. Contact MFSGTM@microsoft.com to schedule.
Startups appearing in Innovation Showcase
intelligent store
Shopic’s unique clip-on device turns standard shopping carts into smart carts, helping grocers bring the benefits of online commerce to their brick-and-mortar stores. Shopic’s smart carts are ideal for large grocery stores and can be deployed with minimal store modifications, such as attaching a charger shelf unit and plastic mounts to existing carts.
Most stores today are like old website counters that only measure traffic and nothing else. Pathr.ai builds digital analytics of the physical world, similar to his latest website analytics today, to help retailers understand shopper behavior inside retail stores. Pathr.ai’s CPG display tools, true conversion rate tools, and brand effectiveness vs. location tools all help retailers achieve higher levels of revenue and make stronger business decisions in their brick and mortar stores. designed to provide previously unavailable business insights.
Clobotics’ Smart Retail recognizes product markings, barcodes and assortments and makes recommendations to improve sales and profitability. Customers use a smartphone app to capture photos of store shelves, which Clobotics’ Software-as-a-Service platform analyzes in the cloud. Clobotics solutions enable retail execution and retail shelf analysis.
Cloudpick is a smart retail solution provider. Cloudpick uses proprietary computer vision, deep learning, sensor fusion, and edge computing technologies to deliver an out-of-the-box shopping experience in highly digital, intelligent, cashierless stores. Cloudpick works with e-commerce companies, brick-and-mortar retailers, and payment partners around the world to deliver streamlined, cost-effective, and technologically-enhanced facilities that support the “new retail” shopping experience. Offered in stores.
Unified commerce / supply chain
A developer of AI and robotics technology with the goal of deploying a fleet of fully automated dark stores at customer doorsteps. The company provides robotic containers for deployment in dense residential areas in urban areas, enabling companies involved in last-mile logistics to operate efficiently at scale and meet the urgent need for fast delivery. I’m trying to make it possible.
NextBillion.ai is the developer of a spatial data platform designed to help businesses manage their location data and adopt an AI-first approach at scale for any use case and geography. The company’s platform helps companies build, scale, and manage their own mapping ecosystem, allowing clients to leverage customized location and navigation technology solutions to solve highly complex location problems. can work on.
Developer of digital security software designed to protect users’ private information. The company’s platform uses biometrically-protected cryptographic keys to securely store her identity data on the user’s device, allowing the user to log in to any device in minutes. You will be able to use passwordless authentication. OwnID adds passwordless to registration and login forms. OwnID allows users to authenticate with phone biometrics instead of passwords, with a minimal set of buttons that blend seamlessly into existing forms. The authentication flow is web-based and does not require app installation. A complete end-to-end platform works cross-OS, cross-device and cross-domain.
Pockyt is a checkout platform that helps businesses reach and retain digital native shoppers around the world. Through strategic partnerships with the world’s leading digital wallets, Pockyt facilitates access to his over 4 billion global shoppers for its merchant partners. Pockyt allows merchants to accept and manage payments online and in-store from their customers’ preferred digital payment methods.
QuickNode simplifies blockchain infrastructure for teams large and small. Lightning-fast global APIs provide instant access to Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, BSC, Fantom, Avalanche, Terra, Celo, Optimism, Arbitrum, Algorand, Harmony, and Gnosis (xDai) networks. Access chain data over JSON-RPC via https:// or wss:// (websocket) endpoints. Monitor usage with analytics dashboards and ship faster with tools like 1-click WebHooks for smart contract events, NFTs, and ERC20 token APIs.
iCommerce / Metaverse
Fashable has developed a solution using generative AI to enable apparel and fashion brands to create new designs based on signals from multiple sources. They are building powerful visual technologies that are revolutionizing digital content creation, solving real-world problems, and applying them to a variety of use cases to positively impact the fashion industry.
Zblocks allows businesses to use blockchain and Web3 without the complexity and need for cryptography. This allows companies to pay in fiat currency without having to hold crypto on their balance sheets. Protect a company’s investment by enabling development across multiple blockchain Layer 1 protocols. Level up enterprise developers with a low-code/no-code (LCNC) environment that leverages a large collection of pre-built, security-validated components and smart contracts to create distributed dApps for multiple use cases. out-of-the-box connectors to enterprise databases and applications such as CRM, marketing, and e-commerce tools.
Developer of conversational artificial intelligence technology designed to provide chatbot services. Applying deep learning to the research field of machine learning, developing voice, video, and conversation processing technology, using it as an interactive artificial intelligence service, and providing customers with a chatbot, a non-face-to-face counseling service Human learning ability and language Be capable of understanding.
SleekFlow is an omnichannel social commerce platform that helps retailers and brands improve sales, conversions and support on their favorite social messaging chats. The platform enables a comprehensive customer journey across SMS, live chat, and major social and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, or whatever the client prefers.
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