Press & media kit

For journalists,
analysts and editors.

Everything you need to write about tapestry® without emailing first - boilerplate, fact sheet, founder bios, logo pack, and a direct line if you do want to talk.

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Boilerplate

The one-paragraph version.

tapestry.ai® is the intelligence layer for retail - a real-time, shared view of shelf-level performance for retailers, suppliers, wholesalers and POS providers, narrated by Hank, the built-in intelligent assistant. tapestry® gives retail teams plain-English answers, ranked actions, and a marketplace for governed shelf data. Founded in 2023 in Melbourne, Australia by Christopher Bartlett. Today, 22,000+ brands are tracked across 25 Fortune 500 partners and a network reaching 455,000+ stores globally. The company is backed by Blackbird and Square Peg.
Fact sheet

The five things you'll want.

$4.2B GMV
Under intelligence across the network. Updated quarterly; current as of Q1 2026.
455K+ stores
Reachable through certified POS integrations. Australia (national), New Zealand, the US (top 12 banners), parts of the EU.
22,000+ brands
Tracked in real time. 25 of those brands are Fortune 500 - Coca-Cola, Unilever, Mondelez, Mars and more.
Under 60 seconds
Median data freshness from POS transaction to Hank-readable insight.
Series A complete
Led by Blackbird and Square Peg, 2025. Not currently raising.
Four products live
Retail+ (retailers), Supply+ (suppliers), Collectives (wholesalers), Partner program (POS providers). Shoppers launches 2026.
Founders & leadership

People you can quote.

Christopher Bartlett
Christopher Bartlett
CEO & Founder
Former retail operator. Founded tapestry® in 2023 with one thesis: that retail's central problem is information lag, and that AI was finally ready to close it. Available for interview.
Full bio + LinkedIn
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Sarah Tuncel
Head of Communications
Press contact for all media inquiries. Previously at Atlassian (PR) and the AFR (technology desk).
press@tapestry.ai
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James Kerr
CTO
15+ years building data infrastructure. Previously led the real-time analytics group at Canva.
EW
Eve Wang
Chief Commercial Officer
Former GM at Nielsen IQ for APAC. Runs the retailer + supplier go-to-market across all markets.
Downloads

Assets for your story.

Logo pack
SVG + PNG, light and dark variants, with safe-zone and clearspace specs. 4.2 MB.
Download (.zip)
Founder headshots
Christopher Bartlett - high-res JPG, three crops. 12 MB.
Download (.zip)
Fact sheet PDF
One-page PDF with all facts above, updated quarterly. 320 KB.
Download (.pdf)
Hank in 60 seconds
B-roll: Hank answering a real retail question. MP4, 1080p, 64 MB.
Download (.mp4)
Product screenshots
High-res screens of Retail+, Supply+, Hank flyout, mobile. 36 MB.
Download (.zip)
Full press kit (.zip)
Everything above in one archive. 116 MB.
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Recent coverage

Selected mentions.

The Age · March 2026
"Australian retail's quiet AI revolution is built in Melbourne"
A feature on the way tapestry's Hank is changing how independent grocers operate, and what it means for the duopoly.
Inside Retail · February 2026
"Reddrop adds tapestry across 47 stores - a regional grocer's bet on shared data"
Detailed look at the Reddrop Group rollout and how 4 weekly meetings became one Hank query.
Startup Daily · January 2026
"tapestry raises Series A, eyes the US"
Coverage of the round and the company's expansion plans into the US convenience and grocery sectors.
Convenience World · December 2025
"What POS providers don't yet know about the AI shift"
Opinion piece by Christopher Bartlett on what intelligent commerce means for the POS ecosystem.
Contact

Talk to a person.

Media inquiries
Sarah Tuncel
Head of Communications · based in Melbourne
press@tapestry.ai
Responds within 4 business hours during AEST hours. Founder interviews available with 48-hour notice.
Analyst inquiries
tapestry Research Desk
Briefings, metrics, methodology
analysts@tapestry.ai
For Gartner, Forrester, IDC and equivalents. We share unblinded methodology under NDA.
All numbers on this page verified quarterly Embargo requests honoured · email press@tapestry.ai
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