The tempo of innovation in retail is unimaginable, and agentic commerce — the place AI completes duties on individuals’s behalf — is evolving from an idea to actuality. Final 12 months, we launched agentic tools for shoppers and made agent-led funds seamless and safe with our Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). We imagine in an agentic commerce future that’s open, collaborative and constructed for everybody to succeed. Partnering with main retailers and platforms, we’re sharing a number of bulletins as we speak which are an necessary step in that journey.
Unlock retail development with a brand new open commonplace
Right this moment, we’re launching the Common Commerce Protocol (UCP), a brand new open commonplace for agentic commerce that works throughout your entire buying journey — from discovery and shopping for to post-purchase help. UCP establishes a typical language for brokers and techniques to function collectively throughout shopper surfaces, companies and cost suppliers. So as an alternative of requiring distinctive connections for each particular person agent, UCP allows all brokers to work together simply. UCP is constructed to work throughout verticals and is suitable with present trade protocols like Agent2Agent (A2A), Agent Funds Protocol (AP2) and Mannequin Context Protocol (MCP).
UCP was co-developed with trade leaders together with Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Goal and Walmart, and endorsed by greater than 20 others throughout the ecosystem like Adyen, American Specific, Greatest Purchase, Flipkart, Macy’s Inc., Mastercard, Stripe, The Dwelling Depot, Visa and Zalando.
