Era Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Optimize Product Data for AI Agents
Era raised $1.4M with a clear thesis: product metadata optimized for AI agents is the next growth lever.
If your catalog isn't structured for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini-style agents, you won't surface in agent-led shopping flows.
Unicity Labs Launches Agentic Commerce Accelerator in India
Swiss startup Unicity Labs partnered with Padup Ventures to bring agentic commerce infrastructure to Indian startups.
Agent-ready commerce infra is expanding into emerging markets.
Netcore Report: Agentic Commerce Becoming E-Commerce Operating System
A new report from Netcore Cloud frames agentic commerce as the new operating layer of online retail.
Morgan Stanley projects by 2030:
- 50% of online shoppers will use AI agents
- 25% of online spend will flow through them
Adoption is expected to become mainstream within five years.
Mastercard Launches Agent Pay in UAE
Mastercard rolled out Agent Pay in the UAE, with Europe next.
AI agents can now complete purchases autonomously within supported ecosystems.
Payments are becoming agent-executable.
Walmart CEO: AI Shoppers Spend 35% More
Walmart CEO John Furner shared that customers using Walmart's AI assistant spend 35% more per order.
Separately, Alipay reported 120M+ AI-driven transactions in a single week in China.
AI-assisted shopping is already impacting revenue at scale.
Salesforce Signs Agreement to Acquire Cimulate
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cimulate, an AI-driven product discovery company.
Enterprise commerce platforms are integrating agent-led discovery into their core stack.
Alipay AI Pay Exceeds 120M Transactions in a Week
Alipay's AI Pay solution, which enables payments through AI agents, exceeded 120 million transactions in a single week, marking a major usage milestone as agentic commerce accelerates in China. The system is already integrated into retail mini-programs and AI devices.
