Wallapop: The Invisible Engineering Behind Europe's Largest Circular Marketplace
Upload a photo of a bicycle to Wallapop. In under 200 milliseconds, a cascade of real-time Machine Learning models classifies the item, estimates optimal pricing, runs fraud detection, and computes avoided CO₂ emissions. Behind Spain’s most famous second-hand app lies one of Europe’s most sophisticated data and ML architectures, culminating in its acquisition by Asian tech giant NAVER.