Retail AI innovator Pensa Systems has formed a partnership with Databricks, a data and AI company.
The collaboration introduces Pensa's Vision AI technology to the Databricks Marketplace, a comprehensive hub for data, analytics, and AI solutions, to offer scaleable retail shelf AI to customers.
Pensa offers the first scaleable platform that digitises the full spectrum of in-store shelf visibility and product availability for retailers, brand manufacturers and their representatives.
The company's Vision AI technology promises to mitigate stock shortages and amplify revenue by prompting immediate, real-time interventions for shelf restocking at a significantly lower cost and with less complexity compared to alternative methods.
The Databricks Marketplace, underpinned by the Delta Sharing protocol, facilitates customer access to a range of products and services, including Pensa's Vision AI.
This integration links Pensa's system with existing mobile devices and workforce applications without requiring procedural alterations or additional on-site infrastructure.
Pensa's technology leverages advanced motion-based computer vision and AI to outperform conventional barcode scanning and manual inventory checks, as well as competing vision AI systems. The company's innovative approach was recently showcased at the Databricks Data + AI Summit.
The growing Pensa Network encompasses an expanding list of affiliates, suppliers and partners. Its versatile data solutions cater to various retail channels and product categories.
Pensa's software is available for licensing by current retail entities, brand manufacturers and third-party workforces.
By integrating with the Databricks Marketplace and Delta Sharing protocol, Pensa’s exclusive AI-driven data capture and analytics can now be merged with various retail and brand manufacturer systems and data sources.
This integration enables brands and retailers to optimise the execution and compliance of in-store activities and shelf planning directly within the Databricks data intelligence platform.
Pensa Systems president and CEO Richard Schwartz stated: “We are pleased to bring together the power of Pensa and Databricks. Integrating Pensa Vision AI into the Delta Sharing data fabric gives retailers and brands an immediate business case to streamline in-store efficiency, improve product availability and make insightful supply chain decisions.”
