As retail becomes increasingly complex and data-driven, connecting research with real-world practice is critical. Our Academic Advisory Board will help ensure that our AI-powered solutions not only reflect the latest advances in AI and operations research, but also deliver measurable value to retailers navigating today’s fast-changing market dynamics.
The Academic Advisory Board will play an active role in shaping our product roadmap, advising on innovation initiatives and supporting research-driven projects across the retail value chain. Our goal is to foster deeper collaboration between academia and industry, ensuring that retailers benefit from insights rooted in both cutting-edge research and operational reality.
Our founding members include:
These world-class researchers bring decades of expertise in retail analytics, supply chain optimization, pricing strategy and operational research. Their combined experience will provide essential guidance as we continue to evolve our AI platform, ensuring it remains grounded in proven methodologies while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in intelligent retail decisioning.
“AI is no longer a supporting tool, it’s a central partner in retail decision-making,” said Gurhan Kok, Founder & CEO of invent.ai. “By bringing together world-class academics and our innovation team, we are building AI systems that are more adaptive and capable of driving real results for retailers around the globe.”
Our Academic Advisory Board reinforces this philosophy by connecting research with hands-on innovation. Members will collaborate with invent.ai’s leadership and technology teams to explore new approaches to planning, pricing, allocation and inventory optimization, all powered by our multi-agentic AI platform.
Invent.ai’s multi-agentic AI allows retail functions to collaborate dynamically, share insights across silos and make unified, intelligent decisions in real-time. With the board’s guidance, these systems will continue to evolve, becoming more predictive, explainable and responsive to the challenges retailers face every day.
Beyond advisory work, the collaboration will also include joint webinars, research sessions and thought leadership initiatives designed to bring academic insights directly to retail executives and decision-makers. Together, we aim to accelerate the translation of academic breakthroughs into operational excellence.
The launch of the invent.ai Academic Advisory Board marks a significant milestone in our mission to redefine retail decision-making. By combining academic excellence with real-world innovation, we are developing AI systems that don’t just predict the future, they help shape it.
This partnership underscores our commitment to driving continuous improvement in retail performance through data, intelligence and collaboration. With our Academic Advisory Board, invent.ai takes another step forward in building the next generation of AI decisioning for retail.
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