Shopping ExperiencesFriday, August 7, 2026
AI Shopping Assistants accounted for 40.89% of disclosed consumer AI funding in the past 12 months, representing $133.37M across 14 deals in the broader AI Shopping and Conversational AI sectors.
DoorDash acquired Deliveroo for $3.9 billion and SevenRooms for $1.2 billion in May 2025 to consolidate the global food delivery and restaurant technology market.
New diffusion models automatically generate store-specific planograms, reducing manual layout time from approximately 30 hours to near-instantaneous optimization aligned with local shopper demand.
Venture capital investment in last-mile delivery has declined to less than 20% of its 2021 peak, with capital shifting toward specialized providers and software-enabled logistics.
Salesforce has provided strategic investment to Callimacus to expand its technology that generates highly personalized digital shopping interfaces in real time.
