Retail AI, Inc.
IT Business
Company Overview / Who We Are
We, Retail AI, will revolutionize the distribution system by creating a new era of the shopping experience with SMART STORE TECHNOLOGY--cultivated in the forefront of the retail industry. The customer's shopping experience will dramatically transform when there is "intelligence" in the stores. By "understanding" the customer's in-store behavior through IoT devices, such as Skip Cart and AI cameras, and combining it with accumulated purchase history data, etc., the store will be able to offer the customer what they want, when they want it, and how they want it.
The ability to understand customers through SMART STORE TECHNOLOGY will also bring revolutionary changes to the operations of retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and other suppliers. The traditional style of investment is one in which a lot of goods are produced to increase their own sales, and rebates and huge advertising investments are implemented. By changing this to an "investment for customers" style, we aim to reduce waste, inconsistency, and unreasonableness (amounts to 46 trillion yen annually in the entire distribution industry) and contribute to the sustainable growth of society.
HQ
9F Hamamatsucho Square, 1-30-5 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established
2018
Employees
249 members
Capital
100 million JPY
Net Sales
1,311.9 million JPY
Official Language
Japanese
Website
Our Vision / Mission
●Creating a personalized shopping experience in stores
Cultivated at the forefront of the retail industry, SMART STORE TECHNOLOGY brings innovation to physical stores, providing solutions to both the customer's shopping experience and the retailer's business issues.
●Bringing sustainability to the distribution industry by understanding customers through data
By dramatically transforming the operations of suppliers such as retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers, we aim to reduce waste, inconsistancy and unreasonableness (estimated to be 46 trillion yen annually for the entire distribution industry), and contribute to the sustainable growth of society.
●Enriching people's lives, society, and the world through technology
Stores located in people's daily lives are indispensable as social infrastructure. Through technology, we will bring "change" to stores, which are valuable lifelines not only in daily life, but also in the event of a major disaster. Through such innovation, we will strive to realize a global retailing revolution for the future. We are committed to improving the lives of as many people as possible through these innovations.
Our Services / Products
Skip Cart:
・The world's most widely used shopping cart, providing value to both consumers and retailers through the power of AI.
AI Camera Solution:
・Visualizes sales floor conditions and trends, and contributes to solving various needs and issues in stores.
DX Solution in the retail industry:
・Develop and operate various business systems used in Trial Group companies
・Develop and operate core business systems in retail
・Establish operations using Skip Cart and AI Camera Solution
・Develop, improve, and operate store infrastructure using large numbers of IoT devices
・Develop and operate data utilization infrastructure based on real-time data
Skills Used in the Company
- Android
- Android-Java
- Ansible
- CentOS
- Cisco
- Dart
- Docker
- ElasticSearch
- Embedded Programming
- Figma
- Firebase
- Flutter
- GCP
- Github
- GitLab
- Gradle
- HTML
- iOS
- Istio
- Java
- JavaScript
- JIRA
- Kotlin
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- macOS
- Memcached
- Nginx
- PostgreSQL
- Prott
- React
- React Native
- React.js
- Redis
- Slack
- Spring Boot
- Spring Framework
- SQL
- SQLite
- Terraform
- Tomcat
- TypeScript
- Ubuntu
- Vue.js
- Windows
Engineering Team
Q. What projects/services is your engineering team working on?
DX Solution Development Project in Retail Industry
Q. What technologies are you using?
・GCP as a cloud service
・ Cloud environment configured by IaC and backend development by microservices architecture based on Kubernetes
・Frontend development applications using cross-platform languages
・The main language for development is Kotlin for the backend and Dart (Flutter) for the frontend
Q. What type of engineers work at your company? What is their job content?
As an engineer, you will build your career with a set of core roles. You can pursue one area or go full stack. Some positions specialize in business development.
・Backend Engineer
・Frontend engineer
・Infrastructure Engineer
・SRE
・Business Process Engineer
・Support Engineer
Q. Do you plan on using any new technologies in the future?
Yes
Q. If you do, please tell us the details!
Currently, we are developing the backend for the DXl infrastructure.
We are developing a system with a microservices architecture that tracks all kinds of data in real time and is easy to develop new/modify, as well as a framework that allows subsequent systems to safely utilize the data in real time. We are also conducting research on generative AI based on those data
Career Path
For those interested in DX solution development projects in the retail industry and the development model based on cloud-based microservice architecture, this is the perfect environment to strengthen your skills.
We work very close with the retail industry and are able to promote dynamic reforms while consulting with the voices at the frontline.
You can build your career according to your area of expertise, both in terms of technology and in business engineering.
Our Corporate Culture
- Assertive
- Cooperative
- Flexible
- Logical
- Progressive
- Team Work
Our corporate culture allows all employees to propose ideas regardless of their company history or position, and to take on various challenges as many times as they wish.
The retail frontlines are very close in both physical distance and psychological perspective, making it easy for us to engage in dynamic business activities.
