Standard Cognition, an AI-powered checkout company buys DeepMagic, an autonomous retail kiosk startup, to better compete with Amazon Go (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Standard Cognition, an AI-powered checkout company buys DeepMagic, an autonomous retail kiosk startup, to better compete with Amazon Go  —  Valued at $535 million, autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition has emerged as a soon-to-be tech giant and the best hope for merchants to compete with Amazon Go.