Council Post: How AI Can Create Meaningful Change In Traditional Industries

Matt co-founded Afresh with the belief that fresh food is the future of what we eat, yet is underserved by retail technology. It's been a decade since Marc Andreessen penned his prescient essay declaring that "software is eating the world." We need only look at a few software companies with massive impact on our daily lives (Uber, DoorDash and Slack, to name a few) to understand that this is true. Yet currently, multiple multitrillion-dollar industries such as retail, supply chain, food and energy have critical workflows and decision-making processes that rely on Excel spreadsheets or literal pen and paper. The answer lies in the physicality, dynamism and unpredictability of the non-digital world.