Maitian.ai
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Maitian.ai was a Singapore computer-vision startup, a Y Combinator Winter 2019 company founded by Wenfeng Xia and Ye Xia. It promised to build $1,000 Amazon Go-style grab-and-go stores: open marketplaces powered by computer vision, inviting chain restaurants and other partners to run the logistics while Maitian took a cut of each sale. The company also described itself as a maker of AI-powered smart vending and self-service checkout equipment.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Y Combinator
Maitian.ai went through Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch in Singapore, pitching computer-vision-powered autonomous grab-and-go marketplaces; it also raised an early-stage venture round and backing from TRIVE and ParticleX.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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