AI Graveyard / 2020
AI tools that died in 2020
3 AI tools shut down, were acquired and folded, or had their domains lapse in 2020. Curated by the ToolDirectory.AI editorial team — every entry was a real product listed on the site before its lights went out.
Acquired by Ocado Group in 2020 (~$262M); the piece-picking robotics tech was absorbed into Ocado Intelligent Automation.
Acquired by Ocado Group.
Bossa Nova Robotics, a 2005 Carnegie Mellon spinout, built six-foot autonomous robots that roamed store aisles scanning shelves for out-of-stock items. Its marquee deployment put robots in roughly 500 Walmart stores. In November 2020 Walmart ended the contract, deciding human workers could track inventory faster and more cheaply. Bossa Nova laid off about half its staff and wound down its retail robotics business.
Last known pricing: Enterprise retail contracts
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