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AI @ Home Depot

Leader in home improvement
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Home Depot has steadily expanded AI adoption from early exploratory phases in 2021 and 2023, to large-scale deployment in 2024-2025, including over 175 machine learning and generative AI use cases by mid-2024.
  • Key AI initiatives include inventory management improvements via machine learning and computer vision, personalized customer engagement through generative AI chatbots (Magic Apron), and integrated AI-driven tools enhancing in-store operations and customer experience.
  • Leadership figures like Huiming Qu and Michael Carpenter have driven AI and data science efforts, with strategic partnerships such as the extended Google Cloud collaboration enabling advanced AI capabilities; Home Depot also experienced legal challenges around AI privacy in early 2024.

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4 AI Use Cases at Home Depot

Operational Efficiency
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
AI agents help Home Depot optimize in-store operations and empower employees with relevant expertise, leading to better store performance and customer service. [1][2]
Customer Support
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Home Depot deploys generative AI chatbots (e.g., Magic Apron) that answer customer questions, suggest products, and assist with DIY projects, greatly improving customer experience. [1][2]
Personalized Recommendations
2024
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
AI analyzes customer purchase history to provide personalized product suggestions, enhancing the online shopping experience and increasing conversion rates. [1][2]
Inventory Management
2023
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Home Depot uses machine learning and computer vision to monitor shelf stock levels and optimize inventory replenishment, ensuring products are available for customers. [1][2]

Timeline

2025 Q4: no updates

2025 Q3

1 updates

Home Depot integrates AI agents to enhance store operations, empower associates, and accelerate product discovery, reinforcing dominance in AI for home improvement retail.

2025 Q2

1 updates

Home Depot's AI efforts recognized for driving online sales growth and improving customer platforms; over 175 AI use cases piloted by mid-2024, with emphasis on scalable digital infrastructure.

2025 Q1

2 updates

Launch of Magic Apron, a proprietary generative AI tool suite that answers customer product and project questions; introduction of AI shopping assistants boosting online sales conversion.

2024 Q4: no updates

2024 Q3

1 updates

Home Depot publishes research on its DIY generative AI model using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to assist frontline staff with customer interactions.

2024 Q2

2 updates

Home Depot expands AI through a deepened partnership with Google Cloud; leveraging machine learning, computer vision, and generative AI for inventory, supply chain, and customer experience enhancements.

2024 Q1

1 updates

Home Depot faces class action lawsuit alleging privacy violations for its use of AI, highlighting legal risks in AI deployment.

2023 Q4

1 updates

Home Depot experiments with machine learning and computer vision, including the home-grown Sidekick system to keep shelves stocked.

2023 Q3: no updates

2023 Q2: no updates

2023 Q1: no updates

2022 Q4: no updates

2022 Q3: no updates

2022 Q2: no updates

2022 Q1: no updates

2021 Q4

1 updates

Michael Carpenter uses AI and data science to support backend store operations across 2,300 stores.

2021 Q3: no updates

2021 Q2

1 updates

Huiming Qu discusses leveraging AI to enhance the customer experience in early experimentation stages.