A few years ago, I could still keep up with my own online shopping. Now, even that feels old-fashioned. Between work, travel and a thousand digital distractions, I do not have time to compare prices or fill out checkout forms.
Soon, I may not have to. Artificial intelligence is learning to do it for me; not just to recommend, but to buy.
That is the promise of agentic commerce, a term we will all be hearing more often. It describes a world where autonomous AI agents act as shoppers on our behalf. You tell your digital assistant, “Reorder my favorite coffee beans when I am running low,” and it quietly handles everything from searching and comparing to paying and tracking delivery.
