Roopesh Nair is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Intelo.ai. He writes on open standards for retail AI (Agent-to-Agent, Model Context Protocol), the architecture of compounding intelligence in merchandising systems, and why Intelo was built to be a good citizen in the retailer's existing stack rather than another silo. His focus is on the infrastructure that lets AI agents reason over forecasts and solver outputs the way an experienced merchandising team would, applying playbooks and guardrails tuned to each retailer's own practices.
Recent posts by Roopesh.
June 3, 2026
We Built Intelo to Be a Good Citizen in Your Stack
Why open standards (A2A and MCP) are the only honest way to build merchandising AI in 2026. A note for the CTOs and CIOs sponsoring AI initiatives in retail.
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March 2, 2026
The End of Rigid Retail: Why the Future of MFP is Agentic
Retailers spend millions on sophisticated planning platforms, only to wrestle with their limitations. How Intelo's purpose-built AI agents are introducing the era of Agentic MFP.
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September 10, 2025
The Future of Retail: How Collaborative Intelligence is Transforming Merchandising
From C-Suite level financial planning to in-season optimization, transparent, collaborative AI agents are revolutionizing retail operations by augmenting human expertise rather than replacing it.
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