Cognaris provides a retailer‑focused AI commerce assistant that lets shoppers ask natural‑language questions and receive brand‑specific product recommendations drawn from the retailer’s real‑time inventory. The assistant converts a single chat query into a one‑tap add‑to‑cart action, eliminating leakage to third‑party marketplaces and boosting conversion rates.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Shoppers increasingly rely on AI assistants for product advice, but generic AI platforms often direct users to competitors like Amazon, causing retailers to lose visibility and sales opportunities. This results in significant revenue leakage from category queries that never reach the retailer’s own site or inventory.
Solution
Cognaris offers an AI Commerce assistant that can be embedded in a retailer’s iOS, Android, or web experience, allowing customers to ask natural‑language questions and receive answers that reference the retailer’s actual stock. The assistant converts a single chat query directly into a basket addition with one tap, ensuring the purchase occurs on the retailer’s platform. By owning the AI conversation, retailers eliminate leakage to third‑party marketplaces and capture sales that would otherwise be lost. The solution leverages the retailer’s product catalog and inventory in real time, providing brand‑specific recommendations that increase conversion rates compared with generic AI answers. Cognaris’ platform can be deployed natively or as an embedded widget, making it easy to integrate across digital touchpoints.
Target Audience
Primary customers are retail brands and e‑commerce operators seeking to capture AI‑driven purchase intent and prevent sales leakage to third‑party platforms.
Features
- One‑question‑to‑basket flow that turns a chat query into an immediate add‑to‑cart action
- Zero leakage to competing marketplaces such as Amazon
- Native iOS, Android, and web SDKs plus embeddable widget for seamless integration
- Real‑time access to the retailer’s inventory and product data for accurate recommendations
- Brand‑specific AI responses that appear in 1 in 400 AI answers, increasing visibility
- Reported 3× higher conversion when recommendations come from the retailer’s own assistant