Sensei enables retail stores to be autonomous through a scalable, seamless solution powered by AI and computer vision, delivering a frictionless shopping experience: no scanning, no queues, no stress.
Location: United States, Texas, League City
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $29.88M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 8
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.10.2024 | - | $16.22M | - |
| 30.04.2021 | - | $6.5M | - |
| 29.04.2021 | Seed | $6.55M | - |
| 26.02.2018 | - | $615.77K | Techstars |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.07.2025 | Portugal in the spotlight: Europe’s rising tech star | Portugal continues to gain recognition as an emerging European startup hub. While it may not rank among the top 10 tech ecosystems, Portugal’s technology ecosystem contributed about 0.9 per cent of the total amount raised in the European te... |
| 15.11.2024 | Vasco Portugal, Co-founder and CEO of Sensei, will speak at the EU-Startups Summit 2025! | Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce Vasco Portugal, Co-founder and CEO of Sensei, as a featured speaker at the EU-Startups Summit 2025 in sunny Malta. Scheduled for April 24-25, this event will have an inspiring lineup, and Vasco’s pa... |
| 24.10.2024 | Sensei secures €15M to expand autonomous retail vision | Portuguese autonomous retail scaleup Sensei has secured €15 million in a Series A funding round to dramatically scale its vision: 1,000 fully autonomous points of sale by 2026. Sensei’s technology promises to eliminate checkout lines, strea... |
| 23.10.2024 | Lisbon-based Sensei raises €15 million to revolutionize autonomous retail | Sensei, a Portuguese scaleup and a European pioneer in autonomous retail technology, has secured €15 million in a Series A funding round to dramatically scale its vision: 1,000 fully autonomous points of sale by 2026. With a mission to resh... |
| 04.03.2024 | 10 super promising Portuguese startups to watch in 2024 and beyond! | - |
| 12.03.2023 | Sensei launches test-bed autonomous supermarket Dojo in Lisbon | This week the 'future of supermarket shopping' arrived in Lisbon as Sensei launched its test-bed autonomous store. The 500-square-metre Sensei 'Dojo' was created with Hewlett Packard Enterprise – not open to the public, the facility will be... |
| 10.01.2022 | Lanzadera selecciona nuevas startups que innovan en sectores como el metaverso, el blockchain o la inteligencia artificial | 10/01/2022 Nota de prensa LANZADERA SELECCIONA NUEVAS STARTUPS QUE INNOVAN EN SECTORES COMO EL METAVERSO, EL BLOCKCHAIN O LA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL. Además, ofrecen soluciones en otras áreas como la salud, la sostenibilidad, la moda, la ... |
| 13.10.2021 | Transformative FAST App Launch Makes Autonomous Retail Accessible To All | Sensei new app technology enables any store to be easily retrofitted into a futuristic retail experience overnight. Sensei, the leading European provider of autonomous stores, has launched its new FAST App to provide retailers with a real-t... |
| 26.05.2021 | Lisbon-based autonomous technology provider Sensei and Continente launch Europe’s first autonomous store, “apart from two others recently opened by a US retailer in the UK” | In conjunction with Continente, Portugal’s largest food retailer, Lisbon’s autonomous store builder Sensei is opening its doors to the public today. As per the press release, “This is the first autonomous store to open in Europe, apart from... |
| 29.04.2021 | Sensei secured a $6.5M (€5.4M) seed round led by Seaya Ventures and Iberis Capital, and also backed by 200M Fund and existing investor LeadX Capital | 29/04/2021 Press release SENSEI RAISES $6.5M TO BUILD THE AUTONOMOUS STORES OF THE FUTURE. Lisbon, Portugal, 28 April, 2021 – Sensei, a Lisbon-based computer vision startup, providing autonomous store technology to deliver ubiquitous che... |
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