How ThredUp Processes 100,000 Items a Day with AI and Automation

About this episode

Dan DeMeyere from ThredUp discusses how the company processes over 100,000 items daily using AI and automation.

How do you scale resale operations to more than 100,000 items daily? In this episode, ThredUp’s Dan DeMeyere explains how the company evolved from a peer-to-peer startup into an AI-powered resale giant. You’ll learn about the pivotal operational shift that eliminated seller friction, the automation breakthroughs behind the world’s largest clothing carousel, and how AI search transformed the way customers shop secondhand. Join us live at Shoptalk Fall in Chicago, Oct 16–18 — Grab your tickets today: https://fall.shoptalk.com/tickets

People in this episode

Hosts: Ninaad Acharya, Dan Coll

Guest: Dan DeMeyere

Topics covered

• resale operations
• AI
• automation
• e-commerce
• clothing carousel
• customer experience

Keywords

• ThredUp
• AI
• automation
• resale
• e-commerce
• clothing
• secondhand
• Shoptalk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ThredUp

Places: Chicago

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