Cory Hewett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gimme, a company dedicated to helping food service and grocery delivery operators automate merchandising with computer vision and artificial intelligence.
While Hewett isn’t your typical techie startup founder, he has a wealth of experience and track record of profitability under his belt. His 10+ years of vending experience began back in high school after his parents told him if he wanted to drive, he’d have to buy his first car. Not only did Cory grow his route to 26 machines, but he eventually hired a close friend to service the machines.
When the iPhone released, Cory was first in line (and still Apple’s biggest fan). This leap forward in technology sparked an idea in his mind: using an iPad to connect vending machines and provide 24/7 status. Hewett ran with this idea and convinced his smart friend Evan Jarecki to help him develop the technology.
Since then, they have raised over $2M, and have learned from hundreds of vending operators exactly what they were looking for before crafting Gimme into the award-winning technology it is today. The company’s flagship hardware product, the Gimme Key, is now the #1 wireless DEX adapter for direct store delivery, using Bluetooth Low Energy technology, replacing outdated legacy handhelds previously used in the industry.
Unrelenting in their pursuit of success and digital transformation, Hewett and Jarecki have developed a solid infrastructure, far surpassing the competition, and implementing new technology that didn’t exist just a few years ago and are now on a path toward transforming the unattended retail industry.
Connect with Cory on LinkedIn and follow Gimme on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- What Gimme does and how they got started
- How Gimme is changing the vending industry as we know it
- How COVID is effecting the retail and unattended retail industry
- The adoption rates for cashless options in the market right now
- Increasing energy in the space for cashier-free checkouts
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