Walmart has appointed Sean Scott as senior vice president AI Shopping.

He joins the firm from Google, where he served as GM Shopping for two years.

At Google, Scott led the AI-driven transformation of Google Shopping across all core Google areas, including Search, AI Mode, Google Shopping, Chrome and YouTube.

Scott also worked at online retail giant Amazon for over 14 years holding various leadership roles.

For four years Scott served as vice president of Amazon Scout, a fully-electric delivery system designed get packages safely to customers using autonomous delivery devices.

Additionally, Scott oversaw Amazon’s homepage, product pages and checkout, building much of the technology needed for these processes.

Writing on LinkedIn, Daniel Danker EVP AI acceleration, product, and design at

Walmart, said the company is at a pivotal moment where AI is transforming how people shop, adding that there is still work to be done to properly harness the technology to improve the customer and employee experience.

“Sean has spent his career building exactly these kinds of experiences, and he’ll play a big role in helping us bring our vision to life,” he added. “Welcome to Walmart, Sean, couldn’t ask for a better moment to get started!”

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