Category Archives: Agentic Commerce

Never argue with someone who buys their ink by the barrel.

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Thomas Purves

Building an excellent harness yourself is exhausting work. It’s risky, it’s fragile, you’ll never get to perfection. Meanwhile competing against against the big AIs that buy all their tokens at cost is also a recipe to get crushed. Don’t start … Continue reading →

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Agentic Commerce Will happen in 3 Stages

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Thomas Purves

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

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Thomas Purves

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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