By Roger Montti
Publication Date: 2026-04-03 13:02:00
Google, OpenAI and Shopify insist that the next revolution in AI is agentic AI shopping agents. Shopping is a lucrative area for AI to delve into. What always comes to mind is that shopping is an extremely important activity for humans; it is literally part of our DNA. Is the general public willing to give up the shopping experience?
Agentic AI Shopping is like a personal assistant that you tell what you want and maybe why you need it, as well as some features and a price range. The AI will do the research, comparison and even make the purchase.
In this scenario, no human is conducting a search. So it’s not necessarily good for SEO unless you’re optimizing shopping pages for AI shoppers in action.
Shopping is part of human biology
Scientists say shopping is literally a part of our DNA. Our desire to hunt, gather, and display our ability to succeed is part of the evolutionary competition in which we participate (whether…