Simbe Robotics

Simbe Robotics builds autonomous systems for retail. The company uses AI, robotics, computer vision, RFID and advanced sensors to digitize store shelves, giving retailers real-time data on product availability, pricing accuracy and shelf placement. It operates across retail, grocery and wholesale/club formats, with deployments in 10 countries; named customers include BJ's Wholesale, SpartanNash, Schnucks and Wakefern.

Its flagship product, Tally, is a fully autonomous inventory robot that patrols store aisles several times a day, using computer vision to capture shelf conditions. It is joined by Tally RFID, an RFID-based solution for tracking soft goods, and Tally Spot, fixed sensors for high-turnover areas. The Store Intelligence platform integrates data from all three into a digital twin of the physical store, without requiring planograms.

The technical work spans autonomous robotics, computer vision, RFID, multimodal data integration and enterprise-grade integration with existing retail systems. Customers report 98% on-shelf availability, a 90% improvement in price and promotion accuracy, and 2% margin growth, with more than 50 weekly labour hours reallocated from manual scanning to customer service. Reported time to return on investment is within three months.