Augmodo

Smartbadge™ AI assistants for the physical workforce. Supercharging global teams with hands-free, actionable real-time insights. See how it works below 👇

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

We're augmenting the physical workforce by building AI assistants for the physical world.

Augmodo equips frontline workers with lightweight AI-powered Smartbadges™ that enhance every task, helping people work faster, safer, and with better information.

[Ross Finman @rossfinman]

Just back from an amazing week in Australia with @ChemistWhouse. Their team and @ProcterGamble presented @Augmodo to 4,000+ suppliers and industry leaders. Nothing beats hearing customers explain what it changes in their stores.

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

🦙 --> mapping the physical world where people work

[TQ Ventures @TQVentures]

“Perhaps my own version of teenage rebellion was, ‘Hey, I don’t do anything with farming whatsoever.’ And then was like, ‘Hey, robotics is cool.’”

Augmodo founder @rossfinman grew up on a 1,200-acre llama farm in Idaho, building robots out of coat hangers and tuna cans. Now he’s building the engine for capturing egocentric data at @Augmodo.

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

Welcome to the team!

[Ross Finman @rossfinman]

Out-of-stocks and overstocks cost retailers $1.7T a year. Capri Brixey has spent her career on that problem. Now she’s leading Retail Sales at @Augmodo.

Welcome to the team, Capri!
https://t.co/AslJEzV5AM

[TQ Ventures @TQVentures]

Physical AI can’t just download the internet.

@Augmodo founder @rossfinman explains why the data inside stores, warehouses, and factories has to be collected by the people working there, and why customers need a reason to agree to it:

“You’re providing an ROI today, which then gets more usage, which then gets more data, which then gets a bigger ROI.”

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

@hthieblot Smartbadge

[TQ Ventures @TQVentures]

“As a new father at the time, number one pain point, feeding my kids.”

@Augmodo started with @rossfinman driving 100 miles in a minivan looking for baby formula during the 2022 shortage.

Stores said they had it in stock. They didn’t.

Ross had already sold his first startup to Niantic, where he spent years working on computer vision and mapping. Then it clicked: “Oh, okay, this is actually a computer vision mapping problem.”

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

Thrilled to be a double finalist at the @RTIH_RetailTech 2026 Innovation Awards: Emerging Retail Technology of the Year and Startup of the Year. Real-world AI for the people on the floor is getting noticed. #RTIHAwards26

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

@GFMirza at @CPGMattersZine picked Augmodo as his top startup at @Groceryshop 2024 and came back this year to see what’s changed. Six Smartbadge generations in two years, each built on learnings from the people wearing them.

https://t.co/xdI0NcjRRL

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

🥑 Gap rates are down 30%+ because Augmodo’s Smartbadge™ passively scans shelves while associates work 🥬🍅 @thepacker: https://t.co/rwx7kdstXd

[Ross Finman @rossfinman]

A retail exec once told me: "My associates have twenty things to do. They can keep track of ten. Do not give them a twenty-first."
I talked to @adammendler about keeping the workplace human with physical AI. Every tool either subtracts load or adds to it.
https://t.co/AsILW83W6z

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

AI should enable the people doing the work.

Our founder @rossfinman spoke with @adammendler about keeping the workplace human. His test: does your tool save an associate a step, or add one?

https://t.co/IjLQrTEAW8

[TQ Ventures @TQVentures]

"We have 5,000 images of aisle four from 50 different people walking down that aisle. What are the best three..."

Run a hundred-billion-parameter model on all of them? "Way overkill."

@rossfinman on why physical AI is a context problem, not a model-size problem.

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

We're hiring people to enable the physical workforce:
→ Head of Engineering - USA
→ Senior CV Engineer - USA
→ IT & Compliance Manager - USA
→ Infrastructure Eng - UK
Come join this 🚀 https://t.co/LeNx3l1Qsm #hiring

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

@katiekirsch @a16z We are! https://t.co/FmNmEg3wei

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

@araseb_ Wearable AI

[Ross Finman @rossfinman]

Honored to make @RETHINK_Retail's 2027 Top AI Leaders list. While the market focuses on the 20% of the global workforce doing knowledge work, we focus on enabling the 80% on the frontlines. We are building physical AI for the physical workforce.

Credit goes to the @Augmodo team!

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

Chat with our team at @Groceryshop to learn more about how we enable the 80% of the workforce with Smartbadge™️ technology 🦉

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

Come see us in the Store of Tomorrow at @Groceryshop, 9/22-9/24. We are showcasing never before seen tech as well as a glance into the future of retail.

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

https://t.co/VwRgYPCFkJ

[Augmodo @Augmodo]

2024: a 350g badge with 3 hours of battery.
2027: ⅓ of the weight, triple the cameras, triple the battery.

Six hardware generations developed in 24 months, shaped by workers who wear it. Augmodo is making jobs easier with smarter, lighter Smartbadge™: Physical AI moving at software speed