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Anthropic launches AI commerce agents with Visa and Mastercard

·Source: Finextra

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Executive Summary

AI firm Anthropic, which created Claude, launched a blueprint for retailers to build their own shopping agents on the AI chatbot.

Analysis

AI firm Anthropic, which created Claude, launched a blueprint for retailers to build their own shopping agents on the AI chatbot.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Finextra on Sep 4, 2026.

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