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1. Perplexity: Computer can run Meta ads, Klaviyo email and Shopify stores in one place — e-commerce automation

   Before letting agents spend ad budget, set daily caps and kill switches—or automation burns cash before the dashboard updates.

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   ExpandCollapsePerplexity: Computer can run Meta ads, Klaviyo email and Shopify stores in one place — e-commerce automation

   Perplexity said its Computer product can automate every part of an e-commerce business—running Meta ads, Klaviyo email marketing and Shopify stores inside Computer—and linked an e-commerce landing page. Vendor feature promo without disclosed conversion lifts or take rates; store OAuth scope, ad spend caps and human approval gates are on the user. For SMB merchants, ads+email+admin may collapse into one agent workspace.

2. Wall Street Engine relays: AMD CEO Lisa Su says Meta Muse agents topped 10M activations in six weeksUnconfirmed

   Ten-million activations look great—brands should nail activation vs conversion definitions before treating them as GMV.

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   ExpandCollapseWall Street Engine relays: AMD CEO Lisa Su says Meta Muse agents topped 10M activations in six weeks

   Finance account wallstengine all-caps–relays AMD CEO Lisa Su saying Meta’s Muse agents saw more than 10 million people activated in the first six weeks. No primary transcript or Meta confirmation is attached—secondhand speech relay. If accurate, platform-scale shopping/personal agents can acquire users very fast; definitions (activation vs retention vs purchase) and experimental traffic still need first-party verification.

3. Secondhand: Mastercard–OpenAI broad partnership covering Agent Pay plus payments/services/AI transformation (earnings-call narrative)Unconfirmed

   Card networks productizing trusted agent pay force merchants to align on intent, discoverability and chargeback liability.

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   ExpandCollapseSecondhand: Mastercard–OpenAI broad partnership covering Agent Pay plus payments/services/AI transformation (earnings-call narrative)

   Payments observer Marcel Oost’s long post relays Mastercard’s CEO on the earnings call: a broad OpenAI partnership including Agent Pay and collaboration across payments, services growth and AI transformation. It maps four products—Agent Pay, Verifiable Intent, Agentic Trust Intelligence, Agent Connect—and notes Shopify’s Shop Pay using Agent Pay with network tokens; the CEO called agentic volumes early but rising week on week. Secondhand compilation, not a Mastercard/OpenAI primary post—details follow the call transcript and official releases.

4. Shopify President Harley Finkelstein: AI agents are the new front door to commerce — Shopify handles the complexity

   When platforms call agents the new storefront, DTC brands need machine-readable inventory and policies or they vanish from that door.

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   ExpandCollapseShopify President Harley Finkelstein: AI agents are the new front door to commerce — Shopify handles the complexity

   Shopify President Harley Finkelstein posted that AI agents are the new front door to commerce, with Shopify handling the complexity behind it, alongside promo creative. Executive positioning without disclosed agent-channel GMV or conversion stats. Alongside same-week stablecoin-pay and Agent Pay news, platforms are writing “agent-discoverable and agent-checkoutable” into the main narrative.

5. Coinbase CEO: partnering with Shopify on stablecoin payments

   If stablecoin checkout lands in mainstream store admin, cross-border SMBs must map FX, compliance and refunds—not speed alone.

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   ExpandCollapseCoinbase CEO: partnering with Shopify on stablecoin payments

   Brian Armstrong briefly posted he is glad to work with Shopify on stablecoin payments, citing related coverage. The tweet itself lacks detail; it typically points to e-commerce checkout on stablecoin rails. Supported assets, geographies and fees follow both companies’ product docs—and it resonates the same week as Coinbase’s Agents push and Shopify agent-checkout narratives.