Overview
- OpenAI and Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Protocol is live for Etsy purchases inside ChatGPT, with access to Shopify merchants slated to follow.
- Walmart announced an OpenAI partnership to enable purchases directly within ChatGPT, signaling major retailers’ shift toward conversational transactions.
- Visa launched its Trusted Agent Protocol to authenticate AI agents and curb fraud, with plans to make it compatible with other payment networks in later phases.
- Visa cites a 4,700% year‑over‑year jump in AI‑driven retail traffic and surveys indicating growing consumer openness to agent recommendations and shopping.
- Analysts and researchers highlight conversion gains and retailer investment in agentic infrastructure, alongside warnings about privacy, opaque recommendations, and risks for small online merchants.