Loops Raises $3.5M to Unify E-Commerce AI

Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI has raised $3.5 million in seed funding, led by a16z speedrun, with participation from NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday Capital. The company offers a unified AI layer replacing fragmented, siloed retail tools with a single system covering product search, a shopping assistant, product data enrichment and virtual try-ons. Loops says it has already served over 70 retailers, with Turkish supermarket A101 seeing an 83% conversion rate increase and coffee brand Tchibo achieving 13.6% higher average order values. Funds will support global expansion.