Idelic, Pittsburgh, Pa., closed on an $8 million Series A financing round led by Origin Ventures, Chicago, with participation from TDF Ventures, Chevy Chase, Md.; Birchmere Ventures, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif.; and SaaS Venture Capital, Bethesda, Md.

FarmWise, San Francisco, raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Calibrate Ventures, Pasadena, Calif.

C.H. Robinson, Eden Prairie, Minn., announced plans to invest $1 billion in technology over the next five years.

Nearly 83% of businesses are willing to pay more for better and value-added services as long as they provide a measurable return on their investment, according to a research report released by DHL, Westerville, Ohio.

Loadsmart, New York, and Starsky Robotics, San Francisco, automatically dispatched an autonomous truck to haul freight.

Symphony RetailAI, Addison, Texas, announced a partnership with InContext Solutions, Chicago.

The Innovation Fund, a program of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, Cincinnati, named its inaugural cohort of innovators, selected from nearly 400 applicants.

Retailers are not prepared to support the next wave of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots and augmented reality (AR), according to a report from WBR Insights, New York.

The global spending by retailers on artificial intelligence (AI) services will reach $12 billion by 2023, up from an estimated $3.6 billion in 2019, and over 325,000 retailers are projected to adopt AI technology over the period, according to a new study by Juniper Research, UK.

Here’s how grocers can use technology to craft competitive prices to attract more shoppers without risking their profit.