AI Gold Rush: How Walmart Saves Millions While Your Local Store Still Uses a Clipboard

AI Gold Rush: How Walmart Saves Millions While Your Local Store Still Uses a Clipboard

Published: January 24, 2026

Duration: 2:24

This is you Applied AI Daily: Machine Learning & Business Applications podcast.

Welcome to Applied AI Daily, where we explore machine learning and its transformative business applications. The global machine learning market stands at nearly ninety-four billion dollars in 2025, projected to surge to over five hundred billion by 2030, according to Itransition's latest statistics. Businesses harnessing predictive analytics, natural language processing, and computer vision are reaping massive returns.

Take Walmart's machine learning ecosystem, as detailed in Arcticsledge case studies. During hurricanes, its AI reroutes shipments, forecasts demand by zip code, and adjusts inventory across 150 centers, saving thirty million...