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Reliance Retail acquires Furrl's AI styling engine and commerce app
Imagine you are shopping for clothes online, and there are so many shirts and pants that it is hard to pick an outfit.
A company called Furrl built a smart computer helper that looks at all the clothes and puts together whole outfits just for you.
Furrl was started in 2022 by a person named Esha Tiwary in a big Indian city called Bengaluru.
The helper became popular and grew to work with more than 50,000 clothing items from over 200 brands.
Now, a huge Indian shopping company called Reliance Retail has bought Furrl's smart helper.
This means Reliance Retail will use Furrl's technology to help its own customers find clothes they like.
The people at Furrl are very happy because their idea will reach many more customers.
Esha Tiwary said the deal proves what her team built.
Buying Furrl is part of Reliance Retail's plan to use artificial intelligence to make shopping easier and more personal.
This is how a small idea can grow and become part of a big company's stores and apps.
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) acquired Furrl, a Bengaluru-based AI-powered fashion discovery platform founded by Esha Tiwary.
The acquisition includes Furrl's AI Styling Engine and its consumer-facing commerce app for D2C fashion brands.
Furrl scaled to over 50,000 products from 200+ fashion and lifestyle brands since its founding in 2022.
The deal is part of Reliance Retail's strategy to embed artificial intelligence across its consumer businesses.
Esha Tiwary called the acquisition 'a powerful validation of what our team built.'
- Who
- Esha Tiwary, founder of Bengaluru-based startup Furrl, and Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), which acquired Furrl's technology.
- What
- RRVL acquired Furrl's AI Styling Engine and commerce app to strengthen AI-driven fashion discovery and personalisation.
- Where
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, where Furrl is headquartered.
- When
- August 5 (2026)
- Why
- To boost Reliance Retail's AI-driven discovery and personalisation capabilities across its digital and omni-channel platforms.
Key facts
- Acquirer
- Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL)
- Acquired Asset
- AI Styling Engine and commerce app
- Founder
- Esha Tiwary
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Platform Scale
- Over 50,000 products from 200+ fashion and lifestyle brands
- Operating Entity
- Kleosa Retail Private Limited
- Announcement Date
- August 5, 2026
Quotes
Esha Tiwary
Founder of Furrl
“We built Furrl with one conviction: that fashion discovery is broken and AI can fundamentally change that. This acquisition enables our technology to reach millions of customers with Reliance Retail’s scale, and is a powerful validation of what our team built.”
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