Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that the company will begin shipping new AI models and products within months, with a focus on agentic shopping tools that leverage personal context. The rollout follows a 2025 rebuild of Meta's AI program and the recent acquisition of Manus, a general‑purpose agent developer. Meta also revealed a sizable increase in capital spending for 2026 to support its Superintelligence Labs and broader infrastructure, underscoring the firm’s commitment to AI‑driven commerce and personal superintelligence. Read more →

OpenAI and Instacart have launched a new feature that lets users shop for groceries directly within the ChatGPT interface. The integration builds on a prior AI‑driven search tool Instacart introduced over two years ago and reflects a broader push toward "agentic commerce," where AI assistants handle product research and purchases on behalf of users. The partnership also taps into OpenAI’s recent wave of app integrations and aims to create new revenue streams as the company explores ways to monetize its AI services. Read more →

On a recent earnings call, Pinterest chief executive Bill Ready explained how the company is turning to open‑source artificial‑intelligence models to slash costs while preserving performance across its visual‑AI features, including personalized recommendations, multimodal search, ad targeting and the new AI‑powered Pinterest Assistant. Ready said tests show open‑source models delivering comparable results at a fraction of the price of proprietary alternatives, offering what he described as orders‑of‑magnitude cost reductions. The company plans to expand the use of these models, while also exploring agentic commerce options and AI‑curated boards. The announcement came as Pinterest’s stock fell more than 21% after a revenue forecast miss. Read more →

Shopify said traffic from AI tools to its merchants' stores has risen sevenfold since January, while purchases linked to AI-powered search are up elevenfold. The company highlighted AI as a central engine for its platform, citing partnerships with OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. In its third‑quarter earnings, Shopify posted revenue growth of 32% to $2.84 billion and profit of $264 million, though operating income missed estimates, causing the stock to dip. Read more →

PayPal announced a partnership with Perplexity that gives PayPal and Venmo users an invite to Perplexity’s AI‑powered Comet browser and a free year of Perplexity Pro, normally priced at $200 per year. The offer, available through the apps, includes one invite per PayPal account and excludes existing Pro subscribers. The deal builds on earlier collaborations that let users checkout instantly via AI‑driven searches and introduces a new subscriptions hub that helps users manage recurring payments, with a promotion that pays $50 to customers who link and pay for at least three subscriptions. Read more →

PayPal announced a partnership with Perplexity that gives PayPal and Venmo users an invite to Perplexity’s AI‑powered Comet browser and a free year of Perplexity Pro, normally priced at $200 per year. The offer, available through the apps, includes one invite per PayPal account and excludes existing Pro subscribers. The deal builds on earlier collaborations that let users checkout instantly via AI‑driven searches and introduces a new subscriptions hub that helps users manage recurring payments, with a promotion that pays $50 to customers who link and pay for at least three subscriptions. Read more →

PayPal announced a partnership with Perplexity that gives PayPal and Venmo users an invite to Perplexity’s AI‑powered Comet browser and a free year of Perplexity Pro, normally priced at $200 per year. The offer, available through the apps, includes one invite per PayPal account and excludes existing Pro subscribers. The deal builds on earlier collaborations that let users checkout instantly via AI‑driven searches and introduces a new subscriptions hub that helps users manage recurring payments, with a promotion that pays $50 to customers who link and pay for at least three subscriptions. Read more →

PayPal announced a partnership with Perplexity that gives PayPal and Venmo users an invite to Perplexity’s AI‑powered Comet browser and a free year of Perplexity Pro, normally priced at $200 per year. The offer, available through the apps, includes one invite per PayPal account and excludes existing Pro subscribers. The deal builds on earlier collaborations that let users checkout instantly via AI‑driven searches and introduces a new subscriptions hub that helps users manage recurring payments, with a promotion that pays $50 to customers who link and pay for at least three subscriptions. Read more →

PayPal announced a partnership with Perplexity that gives PayPal and Venmo users an invite to Perplexity’s AI‑powered Comet browser and a free year of Perplexity Pro, normally priced at $200 per year. The offer, available through the apps, includes one invite per PayPal account and excludes existing Pro subscribers. The deal builds on earlier collaborations that let users checkout instantly via AI‑driven searches and introduces a new subscriptions hub that helps users manage recurring payments, with a promotion that pays $50 to customers who link and pay for at least three subscriptions. Read more →