• April 17, 2026
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Visa Introduces Infrastructure Layer for Agentic Commerce

Visa Introduces Infrastructure Layer for Agentic Commerce

Visa recently announced a new offering aimed at enabling businesses to participate in AI-driven commerce, as agents increasingly take on purchasing tasks traditionally handled by consumers. The new product, Intelligent Commerce …

Report: Agentic Commerce Transactions to Reach $1.5 Trillion by 2030

Report: Agentic Commerce Transactions to Reach $1.5 Trillion by 2030

A new report ($) from Juniper Research projects that agentic commerce could reach $1.5 trillion in global transaction value by 2030, as AI-driven purchasing systems move beyond early pilots. The study …

UiPath Launches Purpose-Built AI Agents For Retail, Finance, Procurement and More

UiPath Launches Purpose-Built AI Agents For Retail, Finance, Procurement and More

Just a week after announcing a partnership with Microsoft that will bolster the overall security built into automated workflows, UiPath has now set its sights on making agentic implementation simpler for …

Report: CPG Brands Moving Toward AI Agents to Manage E-commerce Complexity

Report: CPG Brands Moving Toward AI Agents to Manage E-commerce Complexity

A new survey of consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies suggests growing interest in AI agents as brands look to manage increasingly complex e-commerce operations. The research, conducted by CommerceIQ and based …

Google UCP Support Expands While OpenAI Setback Tests the Limits of Agentic Shopping

Google UCP Support Expands While OpenAI Setback Tests the Limits of Agentic Shopping

Splitit said it is backing Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard intended to support agentic commerce, through which AI systems can discover products and complete purchases on behalf of …

Cernel Raises €4M Seed to Address E-Commerce Product Data Bottlenecks

Cernel Raises €4M Seed to Address E-Commerce Product Data Bottlenecks

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, …

Trust Still Inhibiting Agentic Commerce for Payments, Says Visa Report

Trust Still Inhibiting Agentic Commerce for Payments, Says Visa Report

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 Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol for Agentic Commerce Standards

Klarna Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol for Agentic Commerce Standards

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 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 …