Overview
Best Buy, American consumer electronics retailer deploying robotics in fulfillment operations.. HQ: Richfield, MN, US. Founded: 1966. Focus: Consumer electronics retail. Robot: HAI Robotics HAIPICK AMRs. Operations: Operates AMRs at its Richfield, MN distribution center.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
Focus
Robot
Operations
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Best Buy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1HAI Robotics1× joint3 total
Most recent
Relationships
Current leadership (6)
- Frank Bedo EVP, Chief Strategy and Growth OfficerIR-verified
- Corie Barry Chief Executive OfficerIR-verified
- Kamy Scarlett SEVP, Chief Human Resources OfficerIR-verified
- Anne Bramman EVP, Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Neal Sample EVP, Chief Digital and Technology OfficerIR-verified
- Todd Hartman EVP, Chief Legal and Risk OfficerIR-verified
Founders (2)
- Richard M Schulzeno longer at company
- Richard M Schulzeno longer at company
Board (1)
- David Kenny chair
Former / Previously (2)
- Richard M Schulze Foundersecondary-verified
- Richard M Schulze Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Best Buy.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Best Buy in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
1 total
Every company Best Buy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1HAI Robotics1× joint3 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Best Buy.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Best Buy from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/best-buy.md
- RSS feed: /companies/best-buy/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ce7b5fc1-047c-46d7-854d-6bce88bfe5a8
- Revision history: /companies/best-buy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Best Buy against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 6, 2026