Dansih startup Cernel has raised €4 million ($4.7 million) in seed funding to build infrastructure aimed at resolving product data inconsistencies in e-commerce environments. The round was led by Seed Capital, …
In a new report, Visa says artificial intelligence is now embedded in how consumers across the Asia Pacific region shop online, but concerns around security and data use may slow the …
Klarna is the most recent payments entity to sign on to Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The open standard, which provides a framework for AI agents, merchants and payment providers to …
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 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 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, 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 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 …
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 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 …
