# Using Rich Image and Text Data to Categorize Products at Scale

DevFeed: [Using Rich Image and Text Data to Categorize Products at Scale](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-rich-image-and-text-data-to-categorize-products-at-scale-1669.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/using-rich-image-text-data-categorize-products>)

Author: Kshetrajna Raghavan

Published: 2021-09-08T14:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Model Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-development.md>), [Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [precision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/precision.md>), [predictions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/predictions.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [search-and-discovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search-and-discovery.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes how it modernized its product categorization model using rich image and text data. The new model increased leaf precision by 8% while doubling coverage, while addressing scale, language, latency, and access-pattern requirements.

## Source excerpt

We reevaluated our existing product categorization model to ensure we're understanding what our merchants are selling, to build the best products that help power their sales.