Bizerba enters into partnership with AI start-up KanduAI
Balingen, September 27, 2023 - Bizerba, leading manufacturer of innovative solutions for the retail and food industry, announces its partnership with KanduAI. The Israel-based company develops and sells solutions for AI-based object recognition, the technology of which will be integrated into the ObjectRecognition retail app in the future. This enables retail customers to automatically recognize fruit and vegetables, for example, on Bizerba self-service scales.
KanduAI, founded in 2018, is a start-up from Israel that focuses on AI-based object recognition for retail. The company focuses on the smart checkout and the self-service area - and will cooperate with Bizerba here in the future. The technology will be integrated into the ObjectRecognition retail app in the future. Bizerba self-service scales that are equipped with the app automatically recognize fruit and vegetables that have been placed on them. Customers no longer have to enter item numbers or spend time searching for the correct number.
Object recognition for retail
Thanks to the cooperation, the KanduAI-AI can use the master data of the PC scale software RetailPowerScale. When an item is placed on the load plate, the scale takes an image and makes it available to the AI. This determines which item it is and presents the customer with a series of suggestions for choosing the right item. This procedure avoids the laborious sifting through long item lists and incorrect entry of item numbers.
“Artificial intelligence is more than just a buzzword and can do much more than the public may be aware of with tools such as ChatGPT. It offers real added value – for companies and private customers alike,” says Robert Reiss, Director of Product and Innovation Management at Bizerba. “That’s why we’re excited to work with a partner like KanduAI and reimagine the end customer shopping experience with our smart scales.”
“Bizerba has been setting technological standards in retail for decades - so entering into this partnership is the logical and logical next step,” says Ariel Shemesh, Co-Founder and CEO of KanduAI. “We are very much looking forward to working together and continuing our journey together.”
About KanduAI
Founded in 2018, KanduAI is a Tel Aviv-based AI startup specializing in edge AI for retail use cases. Powered by its edge-optimized ML training and inference engine, KanduAI provides retailers worldwide with state-of-the-art edge AI computer vision solutions to automatically identify barcode-free products.
KanduAI's technology is used by retailers and retail providers in various scenarios such as: B. for product recognition, checkout loss prevention, intelligent shopping carts and express checkouts.
For more information about KanduAI, please visit www.kanduai.com.
About Bizerba:
Bizerba is one of the world's leading suppliers of precision products and integrated solutions for everything to do with cutting, processing, weighing, testing, order picking, labeling and payment. As an innovative company, the Bizerba Group is continuously driving forward the digitization, automation and networking of its products and services.
Bizerba offers its customers from the trades, trade, industry and logistics according to the motto "Unique solutions for unique people" with complete state-of-the-art solutions greater added value - from hardware and software to app and cloud solutions.
Bizerba was founded in Balingen / Baden-Württemberg in 1866 and is now one of the top players in 120 countries with its portfolio of solutions. The fifth-generation family company employs around 4.500 people worldwide and has production facilities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, China and the USA. In addition, the group of companies maintains a worldwide network of sales and service locations.
Further information about Bizerba can be found at www.bizerba.com
