• January 25, 2026
Google Unveils Open Protocol for Agentic Commerce at NRF ‘Big Show’

Google Unveils Open Protocol for Agentic Commerce at NRF ‘Big Show’

Google has introduced a new technical standard aimed at supporting agentic commerce as automation vendors and retailers experiment with AI-driven purchasing experiences. The company unveiled the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) at …

Microsoft Introduces Copilot Checkout to Enable In-Conversation Retail Transactions

Microsoft Introduces Copilot Checkout to Enable In-Conversation Retail Transactions

Microsoft recently launched Copilot Checkout, which will let shoppers complete purchases directly within AI-driven conversations rather than being redirected to external retail sites, and will unveil it publicly this week at …

Fiserv, Mastercard Expand Agentic Commerce Partnership

Fiserv, Mastercard Expand Agentic Commerce Partnership

Fiserv and Mastercard announced they are expanding their partnership to support agentic commerce, which the companies define as a model in which AI agents can initiate and complete transactions on behalf …

OnePay Joins Google Agent Payments Protocol as Walmart Pushes Deeper Into Agentic Commerce

OnePay Joins Google Agent Payments Protocol as Walmart Pushes Deeper Into Agentic Commerce

OnePay, the fintech arm majority-owned by Walmart, has signed on to Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), underscoring the broader push by major retailers to build infrastructure for AI-driven commerce. The move …

Akamai, Visa Partner to Add Identity and Fraud Controls for Agentic Commerce

Akamai, Visa Partner to Add Identity and Fraud Controls for Agentic Commerce 

Akamai and Visa are working together to address security and identity challenges emerging as AI agents begin to transact on behalf of consumers. Under the collaboration, Akamai is integrating Visa’s Trusted …

ChatGPT Dipping Toes into Agentic Commerce? Not Yet, Say OpenAI Execs

ChatGPT Dipping Toes into Agentic Commerce? Not Yet, Say OpenAI Execs 

Agentic commerce could be coming to an LLM conversation near you, and OpenAI customers are not happy. OpenAI has announced partnerships with major retailers like Walmart to integrate e-commerce within its …

Visa and AWS Partner to Expand Agentic Commerce Tools for Enterprise Developers

Visa and AWS Partner to Expand Agentic Commerce Tools for Enterprise Developers 

Visa and Amazon Web Services announced a collaboration expanding support for agentic commerce, bringing Visa’s Intelligent Commerce platform to AWS Marketplace and giving developers broader access to payment and workflow tools for AI …

Salesforce Forecasts Record $334 Billion in Global Cyber Week Sales, Driven by Agentic AI

Salesforce Forecasts Record $334 Billion in Global Cyber Week Sales, Driven by Agentic AI 

Salesforce projects that Cyber Week 2025 will generate $334 billion in global online sales, with $73 billion directly influenced by AI and agents, up 22 percent from last year. The company said retailers deploying agentic …

Alibaba.com Introduces Agentic “AI Mode” as European Orders Surge

Alibaba.com Introduces Agentic “AI Mode” as European Orders Surge 

The world’s largest e-commerce company has launched a new feature called AI Mode, an agentic AI-powered workflow designed to streamline supplier discovery and sourcing across its global B2B marketplace. Alibaba.com unveiled the feature at …

Levi’s Using Agentic AI to Automate Corporate Workflows on Road to Agentic Commerce

Levi’s Using Agentic AI to Automate Corporate Workflows on Road to Agentic Commerce 

Levi Strauss & Co. has begun developing an integrated agentic AI orchestration platform to automate and coordinate workflows across its corporate functions.  While the company said it intends to integrate the platform …