Spring Global, Denver, Colo., opened a new European office in Dublin, Ireland.

Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., acquired Aspectiva, an Israel-based provider of machine learning techniques and natural language processing capabilities, to further enhance the end-to-end shopping experience.

UTXL, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., launched Haul Street Inc., a new Indianapolis, Ind.-based cloud-based software company featuring VuTrans in-transit shipment visibility tools.

DHL Supply Chain, a Westerville, Ohio-based division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its 430 North American facilities and transportation control towers.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Switzerland, and BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV), the Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based corporate venture, investment and incubation arm of Boston Consulting Group, Boston, Mass., launched OpenSC, a revolutionary new platform that leverages blockchain and other leading technologies to track the provenance of food from source to table.

Wasteless, New York, introduced what is said to be the world’s first machine-learning solution for grocery stores.

Indigo Ag, Inc., Boston, Mass., acquired TellusLabs, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of satellite imaging for developing agricultural insights.

Growth in the global food and beverage processing and packaging equipment market looks promising over the next four years, according to research revealed by Frost & Sullivan, Santa Clara, Calif.

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and r4 Technologies, Ridgefield, Conn., announced a wide-ranging collaboration focused on applying artificial intelligence (AI) to new domains.