Successful AI Meets Business Needs--and Human Needs

Each day at Zulily we add 9,000 products to our online store and process more than 5 billion clicks from online shoppers. That is more virtual inventory than you'll find in the warehouses of many retailers, and it's by design. We've built a supply chain where we hold only some goods: most of the time, we don't purchase inventory until our customers have, so we are able to pass down savings from our unique supply chain down to our customers around the world. To the customer, that means a constantly changing and new shopping experience. Our system works only if we can ensure that both shoppers and suppliers move quickly.