Banishing
standing in line.
For good.
standing in line.
For good.


Zippin’s proprietary approach combines vision cognition technology with machine learning to accurately account for shopper behavior and product whereabouts in-store. We do this by combining inputs from overhead cameras with product tracking—using smart shelf sensors—for the highest level of accuracy, even in a crowded store.
A simply better
way to shop
The idea for Zippin was born when co-founder and CEO, Krishna Motukuri, was sent out to buy organic milk for his young toddler. Finding an excruciatingly long line at his favorite store, he abandoned Plan A, and ended up buying cheap milk at the local corner store. Plan B wasn't received too well at home, and he realized that there had to be a better way.
Fast forward to today. Here at Zippin we are at the forefront of the fast emerging frictionless economy. We’ve developed the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. We use AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to create the best consumer experience. Our vision is to banish checkout lines and self-checkout for good, so shoppers can zip in and out with their purchases.
Zippin was founded by industry veterans from Amazon and SRI with deep backgrounds in retail technology, AI, and computer vision. We have received venture funding from some of Silicon Valley's best known firms.
Read more about the frictionless economy in our white paper.

Krishna Motukuri
Co-founder & CEO
Krishna Motukuri is the CEO and Co-founder of Zippin, drawing on his deep retail technology, ecommerce and startup experience to lead Zippin. Most recently, he was a portfolio company CEO at Naspers Group, where he built and grew multiple e-commerce businesses in India and South Africa. Earlier in his career, Krishna spent seven years at Amazon leading teams in search, marketing, global expansion and supply chain. In 2006 he left Amazon to start Ugenie, a next-gen comparison shopping site that was acquired in 2008 by Lulu.com. Post-acquisition, Krishna assumed the role of SVP, Business Development at Lulu and established key partnerships with Apple, McGraw Hill, Google and others.
Krishna has a Masters degree from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. In his spare time, he enjoys travel and spending time outdoors with his family.

Motilal Agrawal
Co-founder & Chief Scientist
Motilal is the Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Zippin. Motilal was previously a principal computer scientist at SRI International, a nonprofit applied research laboratory, where he specialized in machine learning and computer vision. At SRI, he led a team of software engineers and researchers, collaborating with researchers at Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia and the University of Maryland. Additionally, he has prototyped and developed several large scale robotics and vision systems for autonomous grasping, manipulation, surveillance, biometric capture and mobility.
Motilal holds a Ph.D in Computer Vision from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is an avid tennis enthusiast and captains several USTA teams at the club level. He also helps coach middle school robotics teams.

Abhinav Kativar
SVP of Engineering
Abhinav is the SVP of Engineering for Zippin. He brings more than 15 years of experience in building and launching cloud infrastructure products and services. Prior to Zippin, Abhinav was a senior product line manager for VMWare, where he created multiple services in the compute, networking, identity and monitoring space. Earlier in his career, he spent four years as a senior technical associate for Trilogy in Bangalore, developing products across multiple domains including online retail, search and insurance.
Abhinav has a Bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Vivek Malik
SVP of Store Systems
Malik brings nearly 20 years of experience working in the technology and retail industries to the Zippin leadership team. In his new role, Malik will oversee all aspects of technical systems inside customers’ stores, including Zippin’s proprietary blend of cameras and shelf sensors. He will also be responsible for shopper and retailers’ in-store experience.
Formerly Senior Director of Infrastructure and Store IT at 7-Eleven, Malik has also held roles as Director, Tax Technology & Operations, at Thomson Reuters, and Director, Garage Innovation Hub, at Capital One.

Brian Kim
VP of Finance and Customer Success
Brian Kim is the VP of Finance and Customer Success at Zippin. He brings extensive experience to the role ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Zippin, Brian was VP of Finance and Business Operations at Plethora, an AI Manufacturing startup. At Plethora, Brian led the expansion from pre-revenue to serving a national customerbase. Previously, Brian worked in finance and strategy roles at Booking Holdings, Teijin Limited, and Salesforce.com.
Brian earned degrees in Economics and Music at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Sherry Hill
SVP of People
Sherry Hill is our SVP of People. She has spent her career aligning people strategy with business strategy to ensure company goals are realized. Sherry brings comprehensive functional experience in HR with both hands-on and executive experience in all areas of the function. As well as managing existing teams, she has built teams from the ground up, including global teams in North America, Europe, and Asia. Her roles have included Microsoft, eBay, and Dell.
Sherry earned a BS in Industrial Relations (with concentrations in both Industrial Psychology and Labor Economics) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA (with a concentration in Organizational Development) from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

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Alan Flohr
SVP of Revenue and Growth
With over 20 years of experience in leading-edge technology and service providers, Alan has built his career helping companies drive rapid innovation and improvement in their sales and marketing capabilities. Alan is responsible for meeting the revenue and growth goals at Zippin through accelerated new customer acquisition and existing customer expansion.
Prior to Zippin, Alan was the Chief Revenue Officer at Pathr.ai, a spatial intelligence technology provider. He also held senior leadership roles at R4 Technologies and SugarCRM where he was focused on harnessing cutting-edge technology from global CRM software to AI-driven predictive analytics to deliver better outcomes for his clients and their customers.
Alan holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, as well as an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Investors

Maven Ventures

Evolv Ventures

OurCrowd

Core Ventures Group

Montage Ventures

Pear Ventures

Scrum Ventures

Docomo Ventures

Nomura