Sensei

Sensei is an autonomous retail technology company that uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to enable checkout-free, "frictionless" shopping with no scanning and no queues, while giving retailers real-time inventory visibility and operational insights. It ships in four formats — Store (full-store), Pod (24/7 autonomous unit), Cabinet (plug-and-play), and Lane (human-assisted express checkout) — serving supermarkets, workplaces, mobility hubs, education, hospitality, leisure, and health/wellness venues. Founded in Portugal (HQ Castelo Branco, with Lisbon, São Paulo, and Milan offices), Sensei is a Techstars-backed company that works with retailers such as Continente, Conad, NOS, Muffato, and Galp and technical partners including Mastercard and HP. Sensei is a hardware and computer-vision provider and publishes no public API, SDK, or developer documentation; engagement is demo-based ("book a demo") rather than developer self-serve.

Sensei is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Autonomous Retail, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Retail Technology.

Sensei’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 6 more developer resources.

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11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyAutonomous RetailComputer VisionArtificial IntelligenceRetail TechnologyCheckout-FreeFrictionless Shopping

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sensei Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 About
About
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sensei
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sensei.png
name: Sensei
description: Sensei is an autonomous retail technology company that uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to enable
  checkout-free, "frictionless" shopping with no scanning and no queues, while giving retailers real-time inventory visibility
  and operational insights. It ships in four formats — Store (full-store), Pod (24/7 autonomous unit), Cabinet (plug-and-play),
  and Lane (human-assisted express checkout) — serving supermarkets, workplaces, mobility hubs, education, hospitality, leisure,
  and health/wellness venues. Founded in Portugal (HQ Castelo Branco, with Lisbon, São Paulo, and Milan offices), Sensei is
  a Techstars-backed company that works with retailers such as Continente, Conad, NOS, Muffato, and Galp and technical partners
  including Mastercard and HP. Sensei is a hardware and computer-vision provider and publishes no public API, SDK, or developer
  documentation; engagement is demo-based ("book a demo") rather than developer self-serve.
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created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Autonomous Retail
- Computer Vision
- Artificial Intelligence
- Retail Technology
- Checkout-Free
- Frictionless Shopping
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
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- type: Website
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- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://sensei.tech/legal/terms-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://sensei.tech/legal/privacy-notice
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/@Sensei_Tech
- type: About
  url: https://sensei.tech/company
- type: LinkedIn
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