In this week's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, conservative grocery giant HEB surprises everyone by piloting autonomous delivery robots in Austin with Avride. We break down why this 1-mile radius test makes sense for this location but question whether robot delivery can scale beyond urban experiments.

Timestamps:

25:12 - HEB robot pilot details
26:21 - Why this location works
27:07 - Scaling challenges
27:45 - "Garminized" prediction
28:56 - Partnership speculation

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