Appetronix raises $6M to scale robotic quick-service kitchens
Appetronix, a developer of robotic quick-service kitchens, has raised a $6M seed-plus round led by Donatos Pizza founder Jim Grote, bringing its total funding to $10M.
Retail Industry News — Sunday, September 13, 2026
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Last-mile food delivery robotics secure significant new funding
Coco Robotics and Starship Technologies recently raised substantial capital for their autonomous food delivery operations.
May 2025 funding rounds target AI diagnostics and nutrition tech
A group of retail health technology companies raised over $136 million in May 2025 for AI workflow automation, portable diagnostics, and nutrition intelligence platforms.
Amazon licenses checkout-free tech to 360 third-party stores
Amazon is closing its branded Go stores by 2026 while licensing its Just Walk Out technology to over 360 third-party locations globally.
Walmart pilots camera-based checkout-free stores and AI lane management
Walmart is testing checkout-free stores using computer vision and shelf sensors to auto-bill shoppers, while deploying AI to manage self-checkout lanes and reduce theft.
PubMatic launches agentic operating system for programmatic ad campaigns
PubMatic introduced AgenticOS on January 5, 2026, an agent-to-agent platform that uses AI to plan and optimize programmatic campaigns in real time.