Caper

YC W16 · Acquired · Plug-and-play cashier-less retail powered by computer vision and AI

Competitors

Companies closest to Caper
Company	Category	Status	Program
MashginShared: self checkout, computer vision, cashierless checkoutActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW15
Standard AIShared: artificial intelligence, retail tech, cashierActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS17
Maitian.aiShared: computer vision, retail tech, amazonInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCW19
InokyoShared: cashierless checkout, retail tech, physicalInactiveOther	Other	Inactive	YCS18
Aura VisionShared: computer vision, plug, retailActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW19

Adjacent

Companies next to Caper
Company	Category	Status	Program
Ambient.aiShared: computer vision, image recognition, sensorActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW17
Prayas AnalyticsShared: retail tech, computer vision, storeInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS15
Milky Way AIShared: computer vision, retail, poweredInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS21
Kirana AIShared: grocery store, computer vision, physicalAcquiredAI	AI	Acquired	YCX25
RADARShared: retail tech, checkout, transformActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW13

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All of W16

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Focal SystemsBuilding the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep LearningActiveAI	AI	Active
AlgorizAlgoriz is an AI based algorithmic trading platform that enables you…InactiveAI	AI	Inactive
DailyConversational Voice and Multimodal AI built with Open SourceActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
DeepgramBuilding foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding.ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
Gecko RoboticsAI + Robotics for the Built WorldActiveAI, Data	AI, Data	Active
HistoWizAccelerating Histopathology for Cancer ResearchActiveAI	AI	Active

About Caper

Caper focuses on compacting Amazon-Go's technology (image recognition, sensor fusion and artificial intelligence) into a smart shopping cart, allowing each shopper to throw her groceries into the cart and self-checkout without cashiers. The technology is looking to fundamentally transform physical retail and rapidly scale into existing grocery stores.

YC batch: W16 · Winter 2016
Status, per YC: Acquired
Category: AI
Team size: 15
Checked: 31m ago

YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Cashierless Checkout, Computer Vision, Retail Tech

Caper in W16: 122 companies, 18% AI

Caper: questions

Which YC batch was Caper in?

Caper was in Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch (W16).

Is Caper still active?

Y Combinator lists Caper as acquired.

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