AI agents are shopping like never before—and tools like Mastercard’s ‘Pay for Machines’ could turbocharge the trend

It’s been a busy few weeks for AI agents. They’ve been rummaging around bank accounts, hacking crypto wallets and, according to MIT researchers, using their spare time to play . The agents have also been on an unprecedented shopping spree. We’ve known for some time that so-called agentic commerce would become a thing—but that moment is arriving far sooner, and on a scale that few anticipated. “What we’re witnessing is a bit of a turning point. We think it’s accelerating…We’re rapidly getting to something that will see real adoption,” Mastercard’s Head of Product, Jorn Lambert, told me last week.

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