- The Innovation AI
- Posts
- Walmart’s AI strategy: Beyond the hype, what’s actually working
Walmart’s AI strategy: Beyond the hype, what’s actually working
Plus: Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China
Hafizur Rahman
December 15, 2025
In partnership with
Today's Newsletter Highlights:
Walmart’s AI strategy: Beyond the hype, what’s actually working
Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China
Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie
Best AI Tools
🎇AI NEWS TODAY🎇
Turn AI Into Your Income Stream
The AI economy is booming, and smart entrepreneurs are already profiting. Subscribe to Mindstream and get instant access to 200+ proven strategies to monetize AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and more. From content creation to automation services, discover actionable ways to build your AI-powered income. No coding required, just practical strategies that work.
Walmart's Sparky virtual assistant is now live in its shopping app. It enhances customer-facing intelligence and supports conversational commerce.
It helps customers search, compare, and discover products using natural, conversational queries. Sparky will evolve into a smart shopping assistant. It will predict needs, reorder essentials, and provide personalised recommendations.
Key Points:
Partnerships like the one with OpenAI’s ChatGPT enhance this further. Customers can now shop and check out directly through chat. They get helpful, context-aware guidance instead of using traditional search bars.
🔹 Internal Productivity and Employee Augmentation AI isn’t just for customers. Tools like Ask Sam empower hundreds of thousands of associates with on-demand information. This reduces friction in tasks like locating items, scheduling, and managing store operations.
🔹 Unified Super-Agent Ecosystem Walmart is combining its AI tools into super agents, rather than keeping them apart. These are unified, intelligent systems that serve distinct stakeholders:
Customers (shopping and personalised recommendations),
Employees (operational support),
Suppliers (ordering, inventory, and coordination), and
Developers (building and orchestrating AI workflows).
🔹 Agent-Centric Tech Foundation Walmart is shifting from models to agents. It is reworking its tech stack. This allows AI agents to reason, act, remember, and manage tasks across systems, not just answer questions. This involves creating platforms where agents have state, context, and memory. This lets them do real work in enterprise systems.
3 Tricks Billionaires Use to Help Protect Wealth Through Shaky Markets
“If I hear bad news about the stock market one more time, I’m gonna be sick.”
We get it. Investors are rattled, costs keep rising, and the world keeps getting weirder.
So, who’s better at handling their money than the uber-rich?
Have 3 long-term investing tips UBS (Swiss bank) shared for shaky times:
Hold extra cash for expenses and buying cheap if markets fall.
Diversify outside stocks (Gold, real estate, etc.).
Hold a slice of wealth in alternatives that tend not to move with equities.
The catch? Most alternatives aren’t open to everyday investors
That’s why Masterworks exists: 70,000+ members invest in shares of something that’s appreciated more overall than the S&P 500 over 30 years without moving in lockstep with it.*
Contemporary and post war art by legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and more.
Sounds crazy, but it’s real. One way to help reclaim control this week:
*Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Investing involves risk. Reg A disclosures: masterworks.com/cd
Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China
Nvidia may increase production of its H200 AI chips. This comes after Chinese companies' orders exceeded the current supply, sources told Reuters. This follows a recent U.S. policy change. It allows Nvidia to export H200 chips to approved customers in China for a 25% fee. This creates a major new market for the company.
Key Points:
The H200 is part of Nvidia’s Hopper generation of AI accelerators. While it’s not the newest model (like Blackwell or Rubin), it remains very capable. Demand in China is strong because local alternatives fall short in performance.
Nvidia mainly focuses its manufacturing on newer chips. Shifting H200 production needs careful supply-chain management. The company assures that any expansion will not impact its ability to supply U.S. customers.
Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie
Nvidia may boost production of its H200 AI chips. Chinese companies' orders have now exceeded the current supply, according to reports. A recent U.S. policy change now lets Nvidia export H200 chips to approved customers in China for a 25% fee. This creates a big new market for the company.
Key Points:
The H200 is part of Nvidia’s Hopper generation of AI accelerators. Although it's not the latest model (like Blackwell or Rubin), it is still very capable. Demand in China is high because local alternatives do not match its performance.
Nvidia mainly focuses on newer chips. Adjusting H200 production requires careful supply-chain management. The company assures that any increase will not affect its ability to supply U.S. customers.
🎇TOP NEW AI TOOLS🎇
Free AI Tools You Shouldn’t Miss
🔥 Proximity Lock System 2.0 - Never worry about leaving your computer unlocked again!
🔥 Juno digital planner - All your tasks and events in one calm, offline-first planner!
🔥 Artifacts - Collect, share and celebrate what endures through objects!
🔥 Unlimited Prompts - Get 10k+ ChatGPT prompts now! (Get 70% OFF)
🔥 Planndu - AI todo list, task manager, planner & reminder app, tasks!
Move us from the 'Promotions' to your 'Primary Inbox' and get AI news, tips, and tutorials delivered straight to you. Don't miss your chance to stay on top of the AI industry's latest buzz!