Autonomo Technologies

Autonomo is a German company that converts physical convenience stores, gas station shops and bakeries into autonomous stores. Shoppers tap in, pick up what they want and walk out, while ceiling mounted cameras track the items taken and charge the customer automatically, with no checkout counter and no cashier. The aim is to let small format retailers extend opening hours, cut staffing costs and open locations that would otherwise be unprofitable. The service is aimed at independent grocers, fuel retailers and bakery chains, and it has run projects with an Edeka store in Freiburg, Orlen gas stations in Berlin and a Migros teo store in Marburg. Autonomo handles the whole conversion: a viability assessment using current or forecast sales data, project design covering customer flow, range and integrations, country specific contracts including GDPR and data privacy terms, procurement of off the shelf hardware, and a digital twin of the store for payment flows, planograms, product data and the shopper app. Its setups cover chilled, ambient and frozen goods as well as cigarettes, alcohol and coffee, and once live the company operates the store with AI, including round the clock maintenance and reporting. The team works in English and German. Pricing is not published. Costs depend on the store and the project scope, and each engagement starts with an enquiry and a viability assessment before a contract and deposit. This is a hardware and services rollout rather than self serve software, so buyers should expect a project with installation, testing and staff training rather than a subscription they can switch on in a day.