I've been digging into ChatGPT's new 'Agent mode' and have been thinking about what it may mean for brands, and for eCommerce specifically. While nascent it’s pretty clear that ‘Agent mode’ is here to stay, and from here user expectations for how it should feel are going to grow.
Users are starting to bring AI agents into commerce that actually listen to them. Those agents have access to context, history, intent — everything brands would kill for but never bothered to earn. I see two paths ahead: Build for efficiency (make yourself machine-readable for AI agents) Build for experience (offer something worth choosing over delegation) The deadly middle ground? Pretending you're experiential while delivering commodity UX. The reckoning isn't coming. It's already here.
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