Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Agentic Commerce Will happen in 3 Stages

1. Ships in the Night: consumers mass-adopt AI, merchants too mass adopt AI. But these AI usecases don’t talk to each other.  55% of consumers this holiday season used AI to help them with shopping for search, product recommendations etc. … Continue reading

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What’s Going on in Agentic Commerce – Payment Operators Series

Are we there yet? Industry tea on what’s going on in agentic commerce, as of Dec 2025. Major props to Grace Wu and the Payment Operators Series group on Luma for organizing this panel convo down at the new Visa … Continue reading

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Agentic Commerce @ DC Fintech Week 2025 Liveblog Oct 15

It’s 3p October 15, 2025 and our industry is waking up to the realization that AI Agents are replacing customers. Thrilled to see this conversation getting elevated. For every industry, agentic agents are a future that easy to predict, but … Continue reading

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