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Top 14 Retail AI solutions companies based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 34 retail AI solutions companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 449 professional contacts across them, including 184 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers retail AI solutions companies headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 7, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
34Companies
449Contacts tracked
184Verified emails
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The 14 largest retail AI solutions companies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 34 retail AI solutions companies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to retail AI solutions companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200104 contacts →

“effie.ai is Agentic Retail Execution Platform that connects HQ and the field in an Instant Closed Loop using AI Agents and AI-ready data to guide, automate, and verify execution…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20064 contacts →

“InContext Solutions is the global leader in enterprise mixed reality (MR) solutions for total retail optimization and shopper engagement.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20060 contacts →

“DemandTec is the Commercial Trade Intelligence™ platform where retailers and their 7,800+ CPG partners come together to plan, fund, execute, and optimize every trade dollar within…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5040 contacts →

AI-Native.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5020 contacts →

“ZappySales is a tech-enabled commerce accelerator helping brands, distributors, and retailers scale their operations with AI-powered infrastructure.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20018 contacts →

“Launchpad Innovations is all about rethinking how businesses operate.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5011 contacts →

“ClearCOGS turbocharges your existing POS, inventory, and scheduling systems.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-508 contacts →

“Welcome to NAKAMOTO: Leading the Charge in AI and ML Innovation At NAKAMOTO, we stand proudly as a trailblazer in AI and ML innovation, reshaping industries with our visionary…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-107 contacts →

“Realize is an AI design app for young furniture shoppers - simple software, with AI-assisted design & 1-click checkout from 60+ brands.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-505 contacts →

“ClearCut is a retail analytics and eCommerce services provider on a mission to support CPG companies make critical decisions with confidence and drive sustainable business growth.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-503 contacts →

AI Enhanced Marketing, Website Design, and Creative Services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-102 contacts →

“Provide next generation AI, Computer Vision, NLP, chatbot, Augmented Reality and Digital Commerce solutions using modern technologies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-102 contacts →

“Satsang.ai seeks to empower our customers with cutting-edge, multimodal analytics, and develop actionable insights that provide them with a competitive edge in the marketplace.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-101 contacts →

“Financial technology companies sacrifice service, security, and functionality for lower costs.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Retail AI solutions companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
41.0%Verified-email coverage
13.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
441.2%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
12
11-50
14
51-200
5
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 34 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among retail AI solutions companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “retail AI solutions companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names retail AI solutions companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among retail AI solutions companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 184 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names retail AI solutions companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many retail AI solutions companies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 34 retail AI solutions companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

effie.ai, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most retail AI solutions companies?

New York leads with 150 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (129) and Miami (60).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 34 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.