Co-Innovation AI Lab For Our Most Invested Customers.
The DotActiv AI Lab is an exclusive co-innovation programme. We partner exclusively with our most invested retailers and suppliers to co-innovate and solve high-impact category management problems together.
We limit co-innovation projects strictly to our most invested clients, ensuring that every engagement receives direct senior-level attention and delivers unmatched strategic value.
30+ Countries
AI tools (Nova, Lola, TrueView) in daily production use.
Global Bureau
Continuously refined inside our global Service Bureau.
Proven Methodology
Structured Idea Testing & a clear commercial path.
Some of our featured clients:
What Clients receive
As a DotActiv AI Lab client, you gain more than technology; you gain a strategic seat at the table with:
First-mover capabilities and co-innovated technology not yet available to competitors.
Direct influence on solution design through structured Idea Testing.
A dedicated co-innovation framework from initial validation through paid innovation to enterprise rollout.
Transparent IP framework: you retain full ownership of your data and business logic; DotActiv retains ownership of the underlying software and models.
Option for limited competitive exclusivity on the co-developed solution (negotiated case-by-case).
A production-ready solution rather than a prototype left on the shelf.
Apparel & Hybrid Space
Planning logic where traditional CPG fails.
Consumer Decision Trees
Linked to AI merchandising & capacity logic.
Zero-Base Planograms
Multi-format generation at scale.
Assortment Optimisation
Space optimisation under real constraints.
Closed-Loop Compliance
Compliance +
Image Recognition +
Performance
Automated Support
Materially reduces planner effort.
Who this is for
The DotActiv AI Lab is built exclusively for ambitious category leaders ready to engineer the future of retail. We partner with organisations that:
- Are committed to high-stakes innovation
Have dedicated executive sponsorship and capital allocated to AI and category transformation.
- Face complex, high-impact challenges
Tackle space and category management problems that off-the-shelf software cannot solve.
- Bring data and domain mastery
Are ready to contribute senior expertise and operational data to co-develop production-ready solutions.
- Demand a true strategic partnership
Seek high-accountability collaboration and first-mover competitive advantage rather than transactional vendor pilots.
“We deliberately limit the number of concurrent co-development projects so each one receives proper senior focus and advances both the client’s competitive position and our product roadmap. The organisations that engage at this level gain capability their competitors will only see later — if at all.”