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AiMerch
Techstars '23Miami, US · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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AI Merch is a retail execution platform that uses computer vision to turn field reps' phone photos and walkthroughs into live shelf intelligence, detecting every SKU, price, facing, out-of-stock, and share-of-shelf, and reconstructing shelves in 3D. It serves CPG brands, distributors, and merchandising teams tracking in-store product placement and category performance.
Also known as AI Merch · AIMerch
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Investors · 2
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026AiMerch develops artificial intelligence software for retail execution, aimed at consumer packaged goods brands and their distributors. The platform is used to monitor shelf presence and in-store product performance, and to generate real-time reports and analytics from the resulting data.
The company is an early-stage business founded in 2023 with a team of roughly five people. It is categorized across analytics, big data, SaaS/enterprise software, retail, consumer goods and AI/machine learning, and its software is offered on a recurring, enterprise-customer basis.
Business model
AiMerch sells software to consumer packaged goods brands and distributors, classified by one profile as enterprise-focused recurring-revenue software (SaaS).
Recurring software revenue from enterprise customers.
Traction
The company reported $120,000 raised as of January 1, 2025, about five employees as of February 2024, and completion of the Techstars New York City accelerator in 2023.
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Market position
AiMerch is an early-stage, pre-seed company in the retail execution and shelf-analytics software category. Companies named as similar or competing include Traxo, Repsly, Scout and Ailet.
The product is positioned around applying artificial intelligence to shelf and in-store monitoring, producing real-time analytics reports rather than manual retail audits.
Technology
Artificial intelligence technology used to build real-time reports with analytics on retail shelf presence and in-store performance.
Go-to-market
Consumer packaged goods brands and distributors, and enterprise customers generally.
Geography
Listed locations include Palo Alto, California; Miami, Florida; and New York, New York, with one directory naming New York City as headquarters. Geographic exposure is classified as the Americas.
History
The company was founded in 2023 and participated in the Techstars New York City accelerator program that same year. Company profiles list offices or locations in Palo Alto, California; Miami, Florida; and New York, New York, with headquarters described as New York City in one directory. As of early 2024 it employed about five people, and as of the start of 2025 it was listed as open and raising.
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Key figures
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Companies working in the same space as AiMerch.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsAiMerch took part in the Techstars New York City accelerator program in 2023.
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- AiMerch | Techstars Job Boardjobs.techstars.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AiMerch do?
- AiMerch builds AI retail execution software that helps CPG brands and distributors track shelf presence and in-store performance.
- Who are AiMerch's investors?
- AiMerch's investors include StartX, Techstars.
- Where is AiMerch headquartered?
- AiMerch is headquartered in Miami, US.