Would You Let AI Shop for You?

Fabric content used to be a niche sustainability conversation. Now it's a mainstream health one, driven by the same scrutiny shoppers already apply to what they eat and put on their skin — searches for "natural fibre" are up over 100 percent in five years, and searches for "what ...  Show more

As fashion is increasingly consumed through a stream of images, products and fleeting trends, Avery Trufelman, host of the award-winning podcast “Articles of Interest,” takes a different approach. Trufelman zooms in on her subjects to uncover the histories, systems and human stor ...  Show more

The web is unhealthy, and AI agents are about to rewrite how we shop.

In this episode, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell and Partner Justine Moore explore how AI agents will change commerce and the implications for Google’s business model, affiliate marketing, online sho ...

From product recommendations that actually get you to checkout, to virtual shopping assistants and personalised customer experiences—AI is transforming retail. In this episode, we unpack how tools like ChatGPT are reshaping online shopping, streamlining decision-making, and givin ...  Show more

Episode 58: What does the future of shopping look like as artificial intelligence weaves itself deeper into how we buy and sell online? Nathan Lands ( https://x.com/NathanLands) sits down with Ajay Bam ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaybam), CEO of Vyrill—a Silicon Valley startup r ...  Show more

OpenAI has launched shopping within ChatGPT and this could be a disruptive force to companies like Amazon, Google, Shopify, and Etsy. We discuss who the winners could be and who will be a loser in this agentic shopping world. Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman and Rachel Warren discuss: ...  Show more