Grokstyle
Company

Last deal

$750K

Amount

Grant

Stage

17.03.2018

Date

3

all rounds

$2.74M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Grokstyle's app identifies furniture and home decor from any picture.

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founded date

01.10.2016

Operating Status

Closed (01.02.2019)

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Grant

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's vision-based AI platform uses deep-learning algorithms to recognize interior product designs, providing consumers and retailers with new capabilities to match desired products with the closest visual similarity. Grokstyle's app offers visual search tools for instant recognition of objects, allowing for a reimagined consumer experience with on-point recommendations and inspiration.
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