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The Agentic Commerce Stack

How AI agents discover, negotiate, and purchase. The infrastructure layer being built beneath autonomous commerce.

6 modules·Available now

The infrastructure layer being built beneath autonomous commerce. How agents discover, negotiate, and pay; what changes when the buyer is software; and where the new control points sit.

Who this is for

Product leaders thinking about agents as customers
Engineers building agent-facing APIs, payment endpoints, or commerce surfaces
Merchants planning for agent-mediated discovery
Anyone selling into the agent build-out

What you will learn

Map the agentic commerce stack: discovery, trust, payment, fulfilment
Identify where the new control points sit and who is fighting for them
Design trust and identity layers that work when the buyer is software
Build payment rails that are safe to expose to agents
Plan for generative engine optimisation as a real distribution channel
Reason about the regulatory and risk surface that comes with autonomous purchase

Syllabus

01The Agentic Commerce Landscape
The emerging landscape of AI-powered commerce. How autonomous agents are reshaping discovery, negotiation, and purchasing across digital and physical markets.
02Trust & Identity Infrastructure
How trust and identity work when AI agents transact on behalf of humans. Delegation frameworks, agent credentials, and the authentication layer for autonomous commerce.
03Payment Rails for AI Agents
The payment infrastructure being built for AI agents. Programmable wallets, micro-authorisation patterns, stablecoin rails, and how agents will actually move money.
04Generative Engine Optimisation
How to get recommended by AI. Generative engine optimisation strategies for products and services when LLMs become the primary discovery layer for commerce.
05Building Commerce Agents
Practical architecture for building commerce agents. Tool use patterns, orchestration layers, state management, and the engineering decisions behind production agent systems.
06Regulation, Risk & Compliance
Regulatory and compliance challenges for autonomous commerce. Liability frameworks, consumer protection, cross-border rules, and the governance gaps AI agents expose.