Larry Lucchino Bringing Autonomous Checkout To Sports Venues

Former Red Sox Chair Larry Lucchino and tech startup Standard Cognition announced yesterday at CES that they have partnered to bring autonomous checkout to sports and entertainment venues around the world. Lucchino is also Chair of the Triple-A Int'l League Worcester Red Sox, who in September became the first pro sports team to announce an autonomous checkout store to be located in Polar Park, which the team is building in Worcester, Mass. It is scheduled to open in April '21.

Based on Standard Cognition’s technology design and vision for the market at Polar Park, Lucchino approached Standard, suggesting the two collaborate in bringing autonomous checkout to the sports and entertainment world. Standard Cognition was one of the first startups in the autonomous checkout space, and first to open a cashierless store in S.F. Standard has raised $86M in funding from investors including CRV, Initialized Capital, EQT Ventures and Y Combinator.