Show notes
Instacart has 1.6 billion lifetime grocery orders—and is now using that data flywheel to digitize the physical store itself. In this episode, David McIntosh, Chief Connected Stores Officer at Instacart, explains how the Caper Cart—powered by an NVIDIA Jetson™ board and a sensor fusion system combining cameras, weight sensors, and location data—is bringing edge AI to the grocery aisle. He shares what's driving double-digit sales lift for retailers, how AI agents are beginning to automate store operations, and why in-store and online shopping will merge into a single unified experience within the decade.🔬Topics covered:How Caper Carts use NVIDIA Jetson and sensor fusion to identify items in real timeWhy edge AI matters: hundreds-of-milliseconds response vs. seconds in the cloudDouble-digit sales lift from personalized in-cart recommendationsBuilding a grocery foundation model from 1.6B orders and live in-store dataAI agents for store ops: proactive out-of-stock alerts and CPG shelf optimizationChapters:
