FindersAI Sees Fourfold Increase in Stores Adopting AI Checkout in One Year

Damyang Bakery "Beviere" Adopts VCO

FindersAI said on November 5 that the number of stores to introduce its artificial intelligence (AI) self-checkout system, Vision Checkout (VCO), had grown to more than four times last year's figure.

The pace of VCO adoption has accelerated this year. More brands that have seen its effectiveness at one location are expanding its use to other locations. Adoption is spreading fastest among large bakeries, with the number of installations in the bakery sector increasing nearly ninefold in a year. Commercial deployments are rapidly accumulating, with the system being used in actual store operations rather than remaining at the contract or pilot stage.

Adoption has also expanded beyond Seoul and the surrounding metropolitan area to major regional cities, including Sejong, Cheonan, Damyang, Jeonju, and Gwangju. About 30% of stores currently using the system are outside the metropolitan area. The company said that as it builds a track record with bakeries representing their respective regions, businesses are also gaining confidence in the system's ability to recognize irregularly shaped products and process payments automatically.

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Most recently, the system was introduced at Beviere Damyang, a leading bakery in Damyang run by master baker Ma Okcheon. Beviere Damyang uses VCO alongside its existing staffed checkout counters. The system handles repetitive tasks, such as checking the types and quantities of bread one by one, while employees continue to serve customers as before. VCO uses cameras and AI to identify multiple loaves of bread placed on the counter in 1-2 seconds. By eliminating the need to scan barcodes, it reduces both peak-time queues and employees' workloads.

Ham Myeongwon, co-CEO of FindersAI, said, "One reason adoption has grown rapidly among bakeries this year is that AI can quickly and accurately process payments for bread without barcodes, even during busy periods. Bakeries currently account for more than 80% of all deployments, but adoption in the group catering sector is also accelerating, particularly in corporate cafeterias. We expect the pace of new deployments in group catering next year to be similar to that in bakeries."

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