The Chai
Agentic commerce, steeped monthly. The signal on AI in commerce, minus the hype, in one sharp read on the platforms, launches and moves reshaping how people buy.
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The year agents started shopping
How AI shopping agents are rewriting discovery, what Google UCP and OpenAI ACP mean for merchants, and why first-party data becomes the moat when the browsing is done by a machine.
A read worth the ten minutes
Steeped monthly
One considered edition a month. No daily noise, no filler, no inbox fatigue.
Signal, not hype
Plain reads on the platforms, launches and shifts that actually move commerce forward.
Made for operators
Written for the people running stores, not for the timeline. Practical, sharp, useful.
Every issue, one place
The collection starts here. Issue No. 01 is live, with a new edition steeping every month.
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