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Co-Founder Evan Smith, was featured in Retail Brew’s weekly spotlight.

In education, as in retail, expectation without support creates anxiety; support without expectation creates stagnation. Growth towards greatness requires both.

As Gen-Z recenters retail focus on stores, they are seeking the personal, meaningful service that only people can provide. But… that expectation is running head-first into the reality of the Gen Z workforce.

Further industry recognition underscores retailer excitement for the voice-AI solution.

If 2024 was the year of retail recovery, 2025 is the year of retail reality. Consumers are cautious. Costs are high. The margin for error is thinner than tinsel.

Ethosphere, a leader at the vanguard of voice-AI for retail operations, today announced that it has been selected by the National Retail Federation (NRF) as one of the featured companies in the Innovators Showcase at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show.

Venture capital’s decades of pattern recognition around e-commerce success have blinded many investors to the real retail revolution happening in plain sight — the resurgence and reinvention of the physical store.

Pre-Seed Funding Announcement

The technology uses advanced in-store data capture to deliver insights and fuel growth for brick-and-mortar sales