Steve Gu

Steve Gu is an entrepreneur, computer vision scientist, author and the Co-founder and CEO of AiFi, an AI technology company providing autonomous store technology for retailers and brands, recognized as an Amazon Go rival by Fortune and CNBC.[1][2][3] Gu has his PhD from Duke University in computer science, advised by Carlo Tomasi.[4][5]

Steve Gu
Alma materDuke University
OccupationCEO
Known forAiFi
TitleCo-founder and CEO of AiFi

Career

Gu co-launched AiFi in 2016 with co-founder Ying Zheng. The name "AiFi" was chosen based on Gu's stated goal to make artificial intelligence or AI as available as WiFi.[4][6] Gu and Zheng used AI in combination with off-the-shelf cameras. Gu said to create a platform that both retrofitted and newly-built stores could use to turn automated and provide checkout-free experience for customers.[7][8] Gu's company launched autonomous stores in the US, UK, France, Dubai, Poland and China with brands including Carrefour, Majid al Futtaim,[9] Morrisons,[10] Verizon[11] and Zabka.[12]

Before founding AiFi, Gu worked on the Google Glass at Google X in Advanced R&D, Rapid Technology Evaluation, as well as a research scientist at Apple on Force Touch and haptic technology.[2][4][13][14][15][16]

Gu is also an author of the book Black Technology published in 2017, in which Gu and other authors from Silicon Valley showcased 21 new technologies from deep learning and AI to human augmentation.[17][18]


Awards

In 2020, Technology Innovators named Gu one of the Top 50 Artificial Intelligence CEOs.[19] In 2018, Gu and AiFi won Nvidia Corporation’s Inception AI award for the best enterprise startup and shared a $1 million prize with two other winners.[20][21]

References
  1. Jacob Douglas and Christopher Butler (November 12, 2019). "Amazon Go, the cashierless retail store of the future, has some new competition". CNBC. CNBC, LLC. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. Vanian, Jonathan (December 20, 2019). "Amazon Go's Cashierless Stores Have a New Rival". Fortune. Fortune Media IP Limited. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. Wiggers, Kyle (January 13, 2019). "AiFi markets NanoStore, a tiny white-label cashierless store". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. Perez, Sarah (February 27, 2018). "AiFi emerges from stealth with its own take on cashier-free retail, similar to Amazon Go". TechCrunch. Verizon Media. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. "Grad Student Awards Presented for 2009-2010". Duke University Department of Computer Science 2020. September 13, 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. Staff, CNBC. "CNBC UPSTART 100 - AiFi". CNBC. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. Wiltz, Christopher (October 24, 2019). "AiFi Replaces Cashiers and Checkouts with AI". DesignNews. Informa PLC. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. Springer, Jon (August 17, 2020). "Q&A With AiFi CEO Steve Gu". Winsight. Winsight Grocery Business. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. Nagraj, Aarti (2021-09-06). "Carrefour opens new AI-powered checkout-free store in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  10. "Morrisons Project Sarah taps AiFi tech for checkout free stores pilot". Retail Technology Innovation Hub. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  11. "AiFi powers autonomous shopping at US music festivals". Retail Technology Innovation Hub. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  12. AiFi. "AiFi and Żabka Launch First Autonomous Convenience Store in Poland". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  13. "Companies founded by ex-Googlers". Startup Analysis. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  14. "Keep In Touch: Alumni News - Fall 2012". Duke Computer Science. Duke University Department of Computer Science. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  15. US Active 10545604, Alex Bijamov; Wayne C. Westerman & Zhiqiang Gu, "Apportionment of forces for multi-touch input devices of electronic devices", published 2020-01-28, issued 2020-01-28, assigned to Apple Inc
  16. US Active 20160195929, Melisa Orta Martinez; Wayne C. Westerman & Zhiqiang Gu et al., "Sculpted Waveforms with No or Reduced Unforced Response", published 2017-05-16, issued 2017-05-16, assigned to Apple Inc
  17. "黑科技". Douban.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  18. 白, 鑫 (June 13, 2016). "揭秘十大黑科技："黑科技"斯坦福首发文字版". 网易科技报道. NetEase Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  19. "Top 50 Artificial Intelligence CEOs of 2020". Technology Innovators. TIM Group LLC. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  20. Takahashi, Dean (March 27, 2018). "Nvidia's Inception AI contest awards $1 million to 3 top startups". VentureBeat. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  21. Caulfield, Brian (March 27, 2018). "Winners of AI Startup Challenge Announced at GTC 2018". NVIDIA Blog. NVIDIA. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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