Shopify opens its catalog up to more AI agents

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Shopify logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/gettyimages-2225304503.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Shopify logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">More AI agents will soon be able to browse and purchase from Shopify listings, marking an expansion of the company's agentic commerce ambitions. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shopify announced Tuesday it will let shoppers <a href="https://shop.md/">configure their AI agents</a> to purchase products on their behalf, giving more agents access to over a billion listings in Shopify's catalog. (The catalog consists of both items on and off Shopify storefronts.) In September, Shopify <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/shopify-to-use-metas-muse-for-agentic-checkout-d23947c0">announced</a> it was partnering with Meta to allow its Muse agent to browse and purchase items on a human's behalf; now, shoppers can use any agent without a partnership integration.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">To set up the feature, customers connect an …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1010365/shopify-opens-its-catalog-up-to-more-ai-agents">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>