Why Amazon Failed and the Future of Computer Vision in Retail: An Interview with Will Glaser of Grabango


Date:  Wednesday, May 22

Start Time: 2:40 pm

End Time: 3:10 pm

Grabango’s checkout-free shopping system allows you to shop in grocery and convenience stores without having to scan your items or wait in lines. Grabango uses pure computer vision to identify every product in the store, understand what they are and know where they are at all times. The Grabango system works seamlessly in ordinary stores without requiring retailers to make any changes to the store’s planogram or merchandising strategies. Grabango’s clients include ALDI, Chevron, Circle K, Copec and 7-Eleven. While Grabango is seeing strong growth, Amazon is pulling back on its Just Walk Out (JWO) technology. Veteran tech journalist Junko Yoshida will catch up with Grabango Founder and CEO Will Glaser to get an update on Grabango’s trajectory and take your questions. They’ll discuss why Amazon’s JWO failed, the adoption of Grabango’s solution and the factors fueling the company’s growth. They’ll also delve into Grabango’s insights about consumer preferences. Bring your questions!

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Session Speakers

  • Junko Yoshida is Editor-in-Chief of the Ojo-Yoshida Report. Junko has always been a “roving reporter” in the most literal sense. After logging 11 years of international experience at a Japanese consumer electronics company, Junko pursued a peripatetic journalism career, breaking stories, securing exclusives and filing incisive analyses from Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Paris, New York and China. Junko’s contacts and professional experience are global, multicultural and multilingual. She writes and speaks authoritatively on consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductors, emerging technologies, intellectual property and technology’s impact on people and society, with a deep understanding of the business strategies that companies employ to compete on a global scale. ‌‌During her three decades at EE Times, Junko rose from Tokyo correspondent to West Coast Bureau Chief, European Bureau Chief, News Editor and Editor-in-Chief. She earned a reputation as an innovator, shepherding EE Times’ expansion into e-books, including the award-winning “The Day the Lights Went Out in Japan.”

  • Will Glaser is Founder and CEO of Grabango, the leading provider of checkout-free technology for large-scale chains. Grabango uses state-of-the-art computer vision to eliminate lines and save people time in grocery and convenience stores. Previously, Will co-founded Pandora Media, a pioneer in personalized online radio that deployed the first machine learning algorithm on a large consumer scale. SiriusXM acquired Pandora for $3.5B in 2019. Will also serves on the board of directors for Blue Shield of California, a $22B healthcare company. He graduated from Cornell University, where he was awarded a rare triple major in Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics.


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