# News of the Week: The Weekly Brief on Agentic Commerce

**URL:** https://www.tryrankly.com/blogs/agentic-commerce-weekly-1

**Category:** News | **Read Time:** 5 min | **Date:** 2 March 2026

The weekly brief on Agentic Commerce

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## Era Raises $1.4M Pre-Seed to Optimize Product Data for AI Agents

[Era](https://techfundingnews.com/era-shopping-1-4m-chatgpt-ai-agents-exclusive/) 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.

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## Unicity Labs Launches Agentic Commerce Accelerator in India

Swiss startup [Unicity Labs](https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/padup-ventures-and-unicity-labs-partner-to-bring-agentic-commerce-infrastructure-to-indiwi-302699594.html) partnered with Padup Ventures to bring agentic commerce infrastructure to Indian startups.

Agent-ready commerce infra is expanding into emerging markets.

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## Netcore Report: Agentic Commerce Becoming E-Commerce Operating System

A [new report from Netcore Cloud](https://netcorecloud.com/the-agentic-commerce-shift-report-2026-trends/) 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.

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## Mastercard Launches Agent Pay in UAE

[Mastercard](https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/agentic-commerce-when-ai-buys-on-your-behalf-who-pays-whos-liable/) 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.

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## Walmart CEO: AI Shoppers Spend 35% More

[Walmart CEO John Furner](https://avenuez.com/blog/walmarts-ai-assistant-leads-to-35-larger-order-values/) 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.

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## Salesforce Signs Agreement to Acquire Cimulate

[Salesforce](https://brandsit.pl/en/salesforce-acquires-cimulate-agentforce-commerce-with-new-ai-engine/) 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.

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## Alipay AI Pay Exceeds 120M Transactions in a Week

[Alipay's AI Pay](https://digitalcfoasia.com/alipay-ai-transactions-surpass-120-million-in-a-single-week-as-agentic-commerce-expands-in-china/) 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.