Miami, Florida - April 27, 2026 - VMFS USA, a leading vending machine supplier serving operators and investors across the United States and Latin America, today reaffirms its position as the original pioneer of AI-powered cashierless vending. The company first introduced its AI Grab and Go vending machines in 2021, years before the broader industry began exploring the technology. Customers scan their card, take what they want, and walk away. The machine does the rest.

While AI-powered retail checkout has attracted significant attention in recent years, VMFS USA was already deploying it in commercial vending environments half a decade ago, making the company not just a participant in the AI vending conversation, but the one that started it.

How AI Grab and Go Works

The experience is as simple as it sounds. A customer approaches an AI Grab and Go machine, taps or scans their payment card, and opens the machine. They take the products they want, close the door, and leave. Computer vision and AI track exactly what was removed, and the customer is charged only for what they took. No scrolling through a menu. No waiting for a coil to turn. No hoping the machine does not jam.

For locations with high foot traffic and time-sensitive customers such as office buildings, gyms, hospitals, transit hubs, and college campuses, the difference in experience is immediate and measurable. Vending has always been a convenience product held back by an inconvenient process. Since 2021, VMFS USA's AI Grab and Go has been solving that contradiction in the real world, at real locations, for real customers.

"We were not waiting for the industry to catch up to us," said Jose Perez, CEO at VMFS USA. "We built AI Grab and Go in 2021 because we saw where customer expectations were heading and we wanted to be there first. Five years later, that decision has proven itself over and over."

Five Years of Real-World Deployment

Launching AI Grab and Go in 2021 gave VMFS USA something no competitor can claim: five years of live operational data, real customer feedback, and ongoing refinement of the technology in actual commercial environments. The machines operators deploy today through VMFS USA are not a first-generation product rushed to market in response to industry buzz. They are a fifth-year iteration of a system that has been working since the early 2020s.

That head start matters. It means the technology is proven, the kinks have been worked out, and operators who choose VMFS USA for their AI vending needs are getting a machine that has earned its track record rather than one still finding its footing.

Part of a Larger Revolution

The AI Grab and Go launch is one chapter in a much broader transformation of the vending industry that VMFS USA has been engineering since 2018. Over the past several years, the company has systematically tackled the biggest pain points facing operators and investors, building a connected ecosystem of platforms that addresses every stage of the vending business.

For operators looking to get started or grow, VAdviced provides access to business incorporation, tax guidance, and legal support tailored specifically to vending businesses. Getting the legal and financial foundation right is often the first barrier a new operator faces, and VAdviced exists to remove it.

VPlaced solves what has historically been one of the most time-consuming parts of running a vending operation: finding the right locations. The platform connects operators with local businesses that are actively interested in hosting vending machines. Both sides register their interest, and VPlaced makes the match. No cold calls, no door knocking, no guesswork.

VMarketed brings digital marketing, SEO, and web services to vending operators who want to grow their business but do not have a marketing team to do it. In an industry where most operators run lean, access to professional marketing infrastructure has historically been out of reach. VMarketed changes that.

VFound, available on both iOS and Android, is the consumer app that puts every nearby vending machine on a map. For operators, it is a direct marketing channel to consumers in their neighborhood. For customers, it finally answers a question that has never had a reliable answer: where is the nearest vending machine? As AI Grab and Go machines continue to expand into new locations, VFound becomes the natural discovery tool for consumers to find and return to them.

At the procurement level, the VMFS USA real-time online configurator allows operators to spec, price, and receive lead time estimates for any machine in minutes, including AI Grab and Go units, without a single phone call or week-long wait for a quote.

A New Standard, Raised in 2021

Taken together, what VMFS USA has built since 2018 is not an incremental improvement on the existing vending model. It is a parallel infrastructure that addresses every stage of the vending business, from legal setup and location acquisition through machine procurement, marketing, consumer discovery, and the purchase experience itself.

AI Grab and Go has been the most visible expression of that ambition since 2021. It is also a standing reminder to the rest of the industry that the pace of change in vending is accelerating, and that VMFS USA has been setting that pace for years.

"Every part of this industry was ready for an upgrade," said Jose Perez. "We started working on that upgrade in 2018 and we were putting AI vending machines in front of real customers by 2021. That is not something that happened overnight, and it is not something that is easy to replicate."

Availability

AI Grab and Go vending machines are available now through VMFS USA. Operators can configure, price, and request lead times for AI Grab and Go units directly through the real-time configurator at vmfsusa.com. VAdviced, VPlaced, VMarketed, and VFound are all live and actively serving vending operators and investors across the United States and Latin America.

About VMFS USA

VMFS USA is a leading commercial vending machine supplier serving operators and investors across the United States and Latin America. Since 2018, the company has been building the infrastructure the vending industry was missing. In 2021, it became the first company in its class to deploy AI-powered cashierless vending machines commercially, a distinction it continues to hold today. From AI Grab and Go machines and real-time procurement tools to operator services, location matching, marketing support, and consumer discovery, VMFS USA is committed to bringing transparency, speed, and professionalism to an industry that has long been ready for change.

For more information, visit vmfsusa.com.

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