Topic: agentic commerce

  • Cloudflare Partners with Top Payment Firms to Secure Agentic Commerce

    Cloudflare Partners with Top Payment Firms to Secure Agentic Commerce

    Cloudflare has partnered with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to create a secure authentication framework using the Web Bot Auth protocol, enabling AI shopping agents to transact safely with online merchants worldwide. The Trusted Agent Protocol allows merchants to verify the identity and ...

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  • Agentic Commerce: Essential SEO Strategies for ACP & UCP

    Agentic Commerce: Essential SEO Strategies for ACP & UCP

    The digital landscape is splitting into an "agentic web," where AI agents autonomously conduct purchases, creating a new field called **agentic commerce** that requires businesses to optimize for both human users and AI agents. Major tech firms are accelerating this shift with competing open stan...

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  • AI Agents: The 2026 Marketing Revolution

    AI Agents: The 2026 Marketing Revolution

    Agentic AI represents a new type of autonomous customer, executing purchases and requiring marketers to adapt by making product data structured and accessible for these systems. The consumer journey is being reshaped, demanding brands be both human-trusted and AI-interpretable, with customer serv...

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  • PayPal's AI Shopping Service: Secure Future of E-Commerce

    PayPal's AI Shopping Service: Secure Future of E-Commerce

    PayPal has launched agent commerce services, introducing tools like "agent ready" to help businesses integrate AI-driven shopping and simplify transactions through automated systems. The company is rolling out "store sync" to synchronize product catalogs and inventory with AI checkout experiences...

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  • Supercharge Your ChatGPT Shopping with Optimized Product Feeds

    Supercharge Your ChatGPT Shopping with Optimized Product Feeds

    OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol transforms ecommerce by integrating structured merchant feeds into ChatGPT, shifting influence from traditional webpages to data that conversational AI agents use for indexing and ranking. Merchants must provide accurate, structured product data via specified fo...

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  • Agent Payments Protocol (AP2): A Game-Changer for Ecommerce & Marketers

    Agent Payments Protocol (AP2): A Game-Changer for Ecommerce & Marketers

    The Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is an open standard that enables AI assistants to autonomously conduct secure, accountable transactions on behalf of users with explicit consent, backed by major partners like Google and Mastercard. AP2 aims to reduce friction in ecommerce by allowing AI agents t...

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  • PayPal & OpenAI: Shop Directly in ChatGPT

    PayPal & OpenAI: Shop Directly in ChatGPT

    Starting in 2026, PayPal will integrate with OpenAI's Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, allowing users to make purchases directly within the AI interface using the Agentic Commerce Protocol. PayPal will offer its wallet as a payment method in ChatGPT, providing buyer and seller protection, dispute res...

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  • 7 Essential Steps for Small Businesses to Thrive with AI

    7 Essential Steps for Small Businesses to Thrive with AI

    Agentic commerce is transforming online retail by using AI assistants to handle purchasing, shifting consumer behavior from active shopping to delegated decision-making. Small businesses must adapt by optimizing their digital presence with structured, consistent, and comprehensive product data to...

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  • Shopify AI Traffic Soars 7x, Orders Jump 11x Since January

    Shopify AI Traffic Soars 7x, Orders Jump 11x Since January

    Shopify has seen a sevenfold increase in traffic and an elevenfold rise in purchases from AI tools since January, viewing AI as the most significant technological shift since the internet and a key empowerment tool for entrepreneurs. The company leverages its vast data from millions of merchants ...

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  • ChatGPT Now Shops for You: The Future of Online Buying

    ChatGPT Now Shops for You: The Future of Online Buying

    OpenAI has introduced Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, enabling users in the U.S. to purchase products directly within conversations without leaving the platform, making it a personal shopping assistant. The system uses the Agentic Commerce Protocol, developed with Stripe, to facilitate transactions,...

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  • PayPal's Honey Teams Up With ChatGPT for AI Shopping

    PayPal's Honey Teams Up With ChatGPT for AI Shopping

    PayPal's Honey browser extension now integrates with AI chatbots to offer personalized shopping assistance, including product recommendations, real-time pricing, and exclusive deals. The feature aims to help consumers make informed price comparisons and assist merchants in boosting sales through ...

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  • Shopify Aims to Integrate Commerce Into Every AI Chat

    Shopify Aims to Integrate Commerce Into Every AI Chat

    Shopify has launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard developed with Google, enabling AI assistants to connect directly with merchants for sales across platforms like Google AI, Gemini, and ChatGPT, eliminating the need for separate integrations. The protocol standardizes t...

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  • AI's Real Business ROI Arrives in 2026: Experts Explain Why

    AI's Real Business ROI Arrives in 2026: Experts Explain Why

    2026 is projected to be a turning point where strategic AI implementation, moving from broad experimentation to precise, high-impact applications, finally unlocks significant financial value for businesses. The maturation of AI agents, supported by better infrastructure and governance, is expecte...

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  • AI's Big Payoff for Businesses Arrives in 2026, Experts Reveal

    AI's Big Payoff for Businesses Arrives in 2026, Experts Reveal

    2026 is projected to be a turning point where strategic, disciplined implementation of existing AI capabilities will unlock substantial business value, closing the persistent ROI gap seen in recent years. A key driver will be the operationalization of AI agents and agentic commerce, moving from p...

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  • Pinterest CEO: Open Source AI Boosts Performance, Cuts Costs

    Pinterest CEO: Open Source AI Boosts Performance, Cuts Costs

    Pinterest is aggressively integrating open-source AI models across its platform, achieving significant performance gains and cost reductions for functions like personalized content and advertising. Despite a revised revenue forecast and stock decline due to economic pressures, the company is leve...

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  • ChatGPT: The Future Operating System from OpenAI

    ChatGPT: The Future Operating System from OpenAI

    OpenAI has launched a new capability enabling third-party apps to integrate directly into ChatGPT, positioning it as an interactive operating system with adaptive, personalized applications. During a demonstration, integrated apps from Spotify, Canva, and Zillow showcased seamless functionality, ...

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  • ChatGPT Evolves Into an App Platform for Marketing

    ChatGPT Evolves Into an App Platform for Marketing

    ChatGPT is evolving into an application platform, integrating third-party services like Spotify and Expedia, positioning it as a high-intent marketing channel for its 800 million active users. Users can activate these apps by naming them or through AI-driven suggestions, embedding services seamle...

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  • PayPal Payments Coming to ChatGPT Next Year

    PayPal Payments Coming to ChatGPT Next Year

    PayPal will be integrated as a payment option in ChatGPT starting in 2026, enabling users to complete transactions directly through the AI platform using their PayPal wallet. This collaboration utilizes OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol to streamline purchasing and automatically includes product...

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  • Amazon's New AI Agent Helps Sellers Automate Tasks & Grow Business

    Amazon's New AI Agent Helps Sellers Automate Tasks & Grow Business

    Amazon has launched an AI agent called Seller Assistant to help sellers automate daily operations and scale their businesses with proactive, around-the-clock support. The tool actively identifies issues like slow-moving inventory, recommends strategic actions, and ensures compliance with regional...

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  • Google Unveils AI Checkout & Business Agent Protocol

    Google Unveils AI Checkout & Business Agent Protocol

    Google is launching a new "agentic commerce" system, featuring a Universal Commerce Protocol for in-search checkout and AI Business Agents that act as virtual sales associates for brands. These features allow consumers to research, compare, and complete purchases entirely within Google's ecosyste...

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  • OpenAI Launches ChatGPT App Platform for Marketers

    OpenAI Launches ChatGPT App Platform for Marketers

    OpenAI has launched a platform integrating third-party apps directly into ChatGPT, enabling users to access services like Spotify and Expedia without leaving the chat, positioning it as a central hub for digital interaction. The platform allows users to activate apps by name or receive proactive ...

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