This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Andy Ellwood, founder and CEO of Stretch, the first shopping intelligence platform built to help families save money and make smarter grocery decisions. Andy’s career spans private aviation, startups acquired by Facebook and Google, business development at Waze, and years spent coaching top founders and now he’s bringing that eclectic experience to one of the most universal, everyday challenges: buying groceries.

Andy explains why the grocery industry is overdue for reinvention. Despite rising prices and endless choices, shoppers still lack the information parity they now expect in categories like travel, real estate, and healthcare. Stretch solves this by turning individual shopping lists into collective intelligence: shoppers enter their weekly items, and the app instantly shows which nearby retailers offer the best total basket price, often saving families $20–$40 per week.

The conversation explores Stretch’s early traction, from thousands joining the waitlist to viral TikTok growth, and how the team is building a massive data moat by connecting cross-retailer pricing in ways the industry never had to before. Andy shares how AI and “agentic commerce” will transform shopping, why Stretch centers dignity and agency for families navigating rising costs, and how his background at Waze shaped his approach to scaling community-driven products.

Find more about Stretch here: https://stretchformore.com
Download Stretch on iOS or Android by clicking here.
Follow Andy Ellwood here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyellwood/

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