What bops does

bops (legal entity Bops AI Corp.) is a New York-based software company that has built an End-to-End On-Shelf Availability (OSA) Orchestration Platform for consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers. The platform detects out-of-stocks, identifies root causes using what the company describes as a proprietary E2E OSA algorithm backed by retail and category intelligence, and orchestrates fix workflows via Insight-to-Action AI Agents. It is composed of four modules: the core OSA Orchestration Platform, Real-time Inventory Intelligence and Demand Signals, Dynamic In-Store Execution (on-demand labor with closed-loop ROI measurement), and Connected S&OP/E (a multi-customer control tower with item and location harmonizers for demand-supply alignment). The architecture aggregates external signals from shelf cameras, POS data, retailer inventory feeds, e-commerce listings, on-demand delivery platforms, and third-party merchandisers.

The company sells through an enterprise field sales motion, gated by a "Request a demo" conversion mechanism, and lists Fortune 500 CPG customers including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Duracell, Colgate, and Pepsi, with case-study deployments in Chile and Mexico. The revenue model is enterprise SaaS subscription; specific pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed. bops has a strategic partnership with GS1 Mexico (announced March 2024 at Expo ANTAD), an industry partnership with ECR Retail Loss, and holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications. Founded in 2022 with a headcount of 11-50, bops has raised a $100,000 ERA grant and an additional undisclosed round led by VCs including Everywhere Ventures, Story Ventures, and Third Prime. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Jorge Risquez, with co-founder Domingo Noriega also part of the founding team.

Name

bops

Legal name

Bops AI Corp.

Website

https://bops.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

bops is a New York-based SaaS company that sells an AI-powered End-to-End On-Shelf Availability Orchestration Platform to Fortune 500 CPG manufacturers and retailers, detecting out-of-stocks and orchestrating fix workflows to drive shelf-level sales velocity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Software-as-a-service platform sold as subscription to CPG companies. The platform is described as a 'SaaS' solution and appears to be sold on an enterprise subscription basis with annual contracts implied by the enterprise sales motion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

bops provides an End-to-End On-Shelf Availability (OSA) Orchestration Platform for CPG manufacturers and retailers. The platform detects out-of-stocks in real time, pinpoints root causes using category intelligence, and orchestrates fixes via AI agents and workflows that connect shelf execution back to CPG supply chain planning. It is sold as a SaaS subscription to enterprise customers such as Nestlé, Mondelēz, Duracell, Colgate, and Pepsi.

Product overview

bops is a unified E2E On-Shelf Availability (OSA) Orchestration Platform designed for CPGs and retailers. The platform consists of the core E2E OSA Orchestration Platform augmented by three integrated modules: Real-time Inventory Intelligence and Demand Signals (for finding, prioritizing, and fixing OSA issues), Dynamic In-Store Execution (for on-demand labor and shelf-level feedback), and Connected S&OP/E (for synchronizing demand with supply chain planning). The platform uses AI agents to move from insight to action, addressing the gap between product availability and consumer demand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• bops: End-to-End On-Shelf Availability Orchestration Platform for CPGs and retailers

Products and services

• E2E On-Shelf Availability Orchestration Platform End-to-end on-shelf availability orchestration platform that detects out-of-stocks, identifies root causes using retail and category intelligence, and orchestrates workflows and AI agents to fix availability issues and drive sales velocity. Sold as a SaaS subscription to enterprise CPG companies such as Nestlé, Mondelēz, Pepsi, Colgate, and Duracell, and to retail partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Studies show a 2% improvement in OSA can drive up to 1% increase in sales in high-velocity categories
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GS1 MexicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Strategic partnership to combat out-of-stock and overstock challenges for CPG suppliers and retailers in Mexico. The partnership embeds bops' Inventory Intelligence Platform at the core of GS1 Mexico's collaborative supply chain mission. Jorge Risquez, CEO of bops, unveiled the partnership at Expo ANTAD 2024 in Guadalajara, Mexico. GS1 Mexico has been a leader in supply chain identification systems for over 35 years, managing the country's barcode and product identification system.
• ECR Retail LossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry partnership with ECR Retail Loss, the leading global authority on OSA research. bops participates in ECR initiatives, workshops, and shares insights from their research on shelf availability. The company has collaborated on exclusive workshops featuring Duracell leadership discussing end-to-end OSA strategy.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kinaxis: Kinaxis Maestro offers concurrent supply chain planning used by CPGs and retailers; while broader than OSA, it competes for the same enterprise supply-chain stack and could extend into OSA orchestration.
• SAP IBP: SAP Integrated Business Planning is the enterprise incumbent in supply chain, demand, and S&OP planning for global CPGs and retailers; it competes with bops for budget allocation on inventory and OSA-related analytics inside SAP-centric accounts.
• Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder (formerly JDA) is an established supply chain and retail planning suite used by many of the same Fortune 500 CPGs and retailers as bops; its broad portfolio overlaps with bops' OSA, demand signals, and execution modules but as part of a much wider offering.
• SymphonyAI: SymphonyAI offers AI applications across retail and CPG including demand forecasting and category management; it competes for AI-driven OSA and shelf-availability budget with the same enterprise customers as bops.

Direct peers

• Trax: Trax provides in-store image recognition and retail execution analytics for CPGs and retailers, directly comparable to bops' Dynamic In-Store Execution and shelf-level OSA measurement capabilities.
• AFS Technologies (AFS Retail): AFS provides retail planning, execution, and OSA solutions for CPGs and grocery/retail chains, with heavy overlap to bops on trade promotion, shelf execution, and replenishment analytics for the same buyer profiles.
• ToolsGroup: ToolsGroup delivers demand sensing, inventory optimization, and replenishment planning for retailers and CPGs; it overlaps with bops on real-time inventory intelligence and OSA-driving replenishment decisions.
• o9 Solutions: o9 provides an AI-driven integrated business planning platform for CPGs and retailers covering demand/supply planning and S&OP; it competes for the same commercial and supply chain buyer that bops targets, especially on AI-driven forecasting and OSA-adjacent use cases.
• RELEX Solutions: RELEX Solutions offers a unified retail and supply chain planning platform (forecasting, replenishment, OSA) for CPGs and retailers; it directly overlaps with bops on OSA, inventory intelligence, and store execution for the same enterprise CPG/retail buyer.

Emerging players

• Symbotic / Walmart Robotics & OSA initiatives: Symbotic supplies AI-enabled warehouse and in-store robotics used by Walmart (one of the retailers Duracell works with); it represents the retailer-side automation and shelf intelligence trajectory that competes for the same OSA problem space bops addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@bopsAI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bopsai

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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