The artificial intelligence industry’s pivot toward agentic AI – systems capable of autonomously executing multi-step tasks – has dominated technology discussions in recent months. But while Western firms focus on foundational models and cross-platform interoperability, China’s technology giants are racing to dominate through commerce integration, a divergence that could reshape how enterprises deploy autonomous systems…
Shopify is enhancing core enterprise commerce workflows with agentic AI, automating operations while expanding sales channels. The adoption of generative AI in commerce has largely centred on customer support chatbots and basic content generation. Shopify’s Winter ‘26 Edition, titled Renaissance, pushes this technology toward agentic commerce where AI systems actively manage workflows, configure infrastructure, and…
Instacart has deployed an embedded checkout experience within ChatGPT through the emerging Agentic Commerce Protocol. With the deployment, the company is the first partner to launch an app on ChatGPT that offers a complete shopping cycle – from query to payment – without requiring the user to leave the conversation interface. Operationalising agentic commerce The…
OpenAI held its annual dev day on Monday, where the company rolled out its plan to build apps into ChatGPT. The demo was impressive, showing how programs like Spotify and Figma can be called or discovered without leaving the ChatGPT window. With so much of the tech world barreling toward AI integration, OpenAI’s demo was…
