But prosecutors say the company relied almost entirely on human workers to complete checkouts.
According to the indictment, Nates actual automation rate was effectively zero.
Maybe by AI, the company was actually referring to Asian Intelligence.
The founder of an AI shopping app has been charged with fraud after it was learned the app relied on humans in the Philippine to complete transactions.Tada Images/Getty
Nate raised over $50 million between 2018 and 2021.
The Information firstreportedon the allegations against Nate and its CEO Albert Saniger back in 2022.
It also is hard to see how Nate could grow a business around a relatively simple feature.
Similar companies like Bolt, another one-click checkout startup, have only managed togenerate a pittance of revenue.
Funnily enough, however, Nate may have been onto something with its product.
The products remain nascent, and users have complained they are slow, expensive, and buggy.
They do present some potential to automate arduous tasks and make computing more accessible to demographics like the elderly.
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