Visa and Akamai Take Aim at the Trust Gap in AI Commerce
As agent-driven shopping moves toward production, merchants are demanding stronger identity and fraud controls
Retail
How retailers and consumer brands run AI in production.
Research: AIM Research reports on Retail AI →Page 15
To Sell Through AI Agents, Merchants Need New Plumbing
Stripe and Rithum are building the systems that let autonomous agents browse, validate and check out goods
Redfin Uses AI to Simplify Home Search and Reduce Friction for Buyers
The AI is not meant to replace agents in high-stakes transactions.
URBN Bets on AI to Survive Global Compliance Rules
The retailer is adopting AI to handle rising compliance demands as governments impose strict transparency and material-origin reporting
How Tiffany & Co Is Using AI to Amplify Human Expertise, Not Replace It
25% higher conversions. 40% bigger carts. Rings co-created with AI. Inside luxury's quiet tech revolution.
AI Is Rewriting the Price Tags at Coborn’s
Coborn’s joins a wave of U.S. chains replacing manual pricing with AI systems
Walgreens Expands Retail Media Business Through New Partnership With Rokt
Walgreens said the partnership with Rokt is their broader commitment to creating meaningful value at every step of the customer journey.
IGT Solutions Acquires Yexle in Major Expansion of Low Code Capabilities
The deal brings a highly specialized team of low-code experts into IGT’s fold at a time when enterprises are accelerating automation and AI-led modernization.
Schnucks Uses New Data Platform to Tighten Operations Across 113 Stores
The company says real-time reporting is helping it respond faster to competition from larger national retailers
Prime Video is rolling out AI-generated Recaps for its original shows
Useful catch-ups, or a quiet shift from human editors to machine-cut storytelling?
AIM Media House Brings CDO Vision AI World Series to 21 Cities Globally in 2026
A global, invite-only forum bringing the world’s most influential data and AI leaders together for high-impact conversations.
Poly Raises $8M to Reinvent File Search and Solve the Digital Clutter Crisis
"Poly was built on the belief that in an AI-first world, the file system itself has to evolve"
Adobe Makes a $1.9 Billion Bet on the Future of Brand Visibility
"Brand visibility is being reshaped by generative AI, and brands that don't embrace this new opportunity risk losing relevance and revenue"
Opinion
Varun Sharma’s Response to Data Trapped in Silos
People tracked everything, but the why was missing.
Wispr Raises $25M Just Months After $30M Round
"Voice never reached its potential because the industry treated it as a feature instead of an interface"
Google Launches Nano Banana Pro, Professional-Grade Image Generation Built on Gemini 3
"It's exceptional at creating infographics. It can generate slide presentations and handle up to 14 distinct images or five different characters while maintaining character consistency"
Opinion
AI Didn't Fire Those Workers, Bad Management Did
"They overhired in the COVID era when they didn't actually need to, the results of that are being seen now"
Sierra Hits $100 Million But the Hard Part Starts Now
Sierra leads a crowded field but the industry has yet to prove AI agents can handle the messy reality of enterprise workflows
Walmart’s AI Assistant Sparky Enters a New Phase With Ads
Walmart is testing advertising inside Sparky, the company’s new AI shopping assistant, at the same time its products will soon be available for purchase directly through ChatGPT.
Opinion
“APIs Have Been More Sticky,” says Murf AI’s CEO
Murf argues that infrastructure reliability, not model commoditization, will determine who wins voice AI inside global enterprises