Ranking · Winter 2016 · B2B · Retail

Focal Systems

Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning

6.1%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

0.9× the average (6.8%)

#2565 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 60%

Team of 170 · San Francisco, CA, USA; Toronto, ON, Canada; London, England, United Kingdom

Raises the odds

↑ industry: B2B

↑ based in United States of America

↑ based in America / Canada

↑ based in Remote

Lowers the odds

↓ “building” in its one-liner

↓ sector: Retail

↓ “operating” in its one-liner

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focal.systems YC profile

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