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Lisbon AI Checkout Store Operates, Funding Request Denied

7/16/2026

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The Pharma&Go shop in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações lets customers enter, pick items and leave unattended.
Customers validate entry with a credit or debit card, after which an AI-driven camera system charges the card for items taken and records an error rate below two percent.
The project, financed by Sensei and Glintt Life, had its Recovery and Resilience Plan AI funding application rejected as insufficiently innovative.

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Story summary

The Pharma&Go shop in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações lets customers enter, pick items and leave unattended.
Customers validate entry with a credit or debit card, after which an AI-driven camera system charges the card for items taken and records an error rate below two percent.
The project, financed by Sensei and Glintt Life, had its Recovery and Resilience Plan AI funding application rejected as insufficiently innovative.