An AI agent discovered our service, got a quote, and paid for it. Live on stage. In euro stablecoin. Part 2 of our session at Agentic Commerce Day (A!-Day): Dimitri Gatowski (@dimitri_g ) and Peter Grosskopf (@peterlih), CTO of @AllUnityStable, showed what agent-to-agent payments look like in practice. The setup: a brand owner tasks her agent (running in Claude Cowork) with trying out ShopAgentic. The agent connects to our MCP server, explores what our agents can do, triggers one, receives a quote, and pays per request in EURAU, AllUnity’s BaFin-regulated euro stablecoin, via the open x402 protocol. Settlement is instant. The price for a brand profile: five cents. Why not just use a card? Peter put it simply: cards were built for humans. 3D Secure, extra devices, scheme fees. For sub-cent, machine-to-machine payments, stablecoins are the better rail, and x402 makes the handshake trivial. No credit card, no checkout page, no human typing anything in. We’re proud to be AllUnity’s pilot customer for this, and we believe this is how a growing share of B2B software and commerce will be paid for. Part 3 next: what happened when our Catalog Intelligence agents met BOGNER’s copy team. Full session on our YouTube channel, link in the comments. Thank you for the stage @jkrisch @excomm #AgenticCommerce #Stablecoin #x402 #EURAU #AllUnity #AIAgents

A premiere, and BOGNER as first customer on stage with us. Part 3 of our Agentic Commerce Day (A!-Day) session: Kai-Thomas Krause introduced our first squad of agents, the Catalog Intelligence team, for the first time in public. And Benjamin Messner, Director E-Commerce at BOGNER, joined him to talk about what it’s like to be one of the first brands working with it. Why a squad, not a tool? Because getting a catalog ready for AI agents isn’t one job, it’s five. The Catalog Intelligence team covers them end-to-end: → Capturing the brand profile, because most brands have it in their heads, not on paper → Painting buying personas from an outside-in view, the way an agent actually sees you → Preparing the catalog so agents can read and understand it (FAQs for 10,000 products, on brand, is where humans stop scaling) → Publishing feeds to the LLMs, or handing clean data back to the stack you already run → Measuring how your brand shows up across the web and where the gaps are Human catalogs were never built for agents. This squad makes them agent-readable, and it’s the first of many: we have around 60 agent concepts in the backlog, launching one by one with customers. Ben’s framing was refreshingly honest: BOGNER’s customers won’t send shopping agents to the site next quarter. But answer engines already decide whether the brand shows up when someone asks for a ski jacket. So the priority is discovery and being agent-ready, now. For a heritage brand founded in 1932, that means 3,000 new products a year, 44 countries, and a copy team where every word counts. The first version of our output wasn’t predictable or consistent enough, and BOGNER’s team sent back a 67-page document of comments. That’s exactly why we started with the most demanding brand we could find, and the next version is built on that feedback. The goal isn’t to optimize 100 products. It’s a full season catalog without reviewing every single word. If you’re a brand and want to be ready for this, talk to us. Full session on our YouTube channel. Thanks again to @jkrisch and @excomm for having us. #AgenticCommerce #CatalogIntelligence #BOGNER #AIAgents #ECommerce #ShopAgentic

Kai on stage at UNLEASH 🤖🙂 #agenticcommerce

@kaithomaskrause and I will be at this week's UNLEASH conference in our home town of #Hannover. Kai is on the Main Stage on Wednesday at 14:50 on why agentic commerce isn't an efficiency topic but a paradigm shift: it's no longer about how we buy, but who buys. So please say "Hi" if you're around on Wednesday. Looking forward to seeing you!

Web changed how we buy. Platforms changed how we buy. Mobile changed how we buy. AI agents change who buys. That's the thesis @kaithomaskrause will bring to the UNLEASH (wirtschaftsfoerderung-hannov…) main stage next week. For thirty years, every wave in commerce has been about the interface between a human and a store. For the first time, the human is stepping back from the checkout altogether. When an agent researches, compares, and completes the purchase, the questions brands and retailers have spent decades optimizing for, page speed, conversion funnels, mobile UX, quietly stop being the questions that matter. Kai will walk through what's actually happening in the market right now, why this is a paradigm shift rather than an efficiency play, and what it takes for brands and merchants to stay visible and transactable when the buyer is software. 📍 UNLEASH, Kino 2 – Main Stage - Hannover, Germany 🗓 9 September 2026, 14:50 CEST If you're in the room, come find Kai afterwards. #AgenticCommerce #UNLEASH2026 #AI #Ecommerce #ShopAgentic

For 30 years, e-commerce waves changed HOW people buy. Search, platforms, mobile, omnichannel. This wave is different: agentic commerce changes WHO buys. Our co-founders @ringsdorff and @kaithomaskrause took the K5 - Future Retail NEXT_AI Stage with @jkrisch to break down what happens when the buyer is no longer a human but an agent, and which 3 measures merchants need to implement now to stay visible. Some takeaways from the talk: 🤖 The agent is not a robot walking through your shop. It's code. It evaluates your store in a completely different way, and your conversion playbook doesn't apply to it. 📊 Visitors coming from AI assistants already convert better than classic traffic. They arrive pre-filtered, with context and strong intent. The momentum has started. 🚪 Your business now has two doors: the classic shop for humans and the agentic door for machines. Both need to be open. Clean product data, clear policies and machine-readable signals decide whether agents can find you at all. 📈 Measurement is here: Google is rolling out Gemini Insights. Think Google Analytics on steroids for agentic commerce, with actionable insights you can apply directly to your catalog. And one message for everyone still debating the forecasts: even if agents only enable 10 % of e-commerce revenue instead of the projected 25 % by 2030, could your shop afford to lose those 10 %? By popular request from our international community, the full talk is now available dubbed in English. 🎬 The German original is already available in the K5 - Future Retail Mediathek. Get into action. 👇 @excomm #AgenticCommerce #Ecommerce #K52026 #AI #ShopAgentic #INTOACTION

Wenn der Agent kauft, gelten andere Regeln. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Handels ist der Käufer besser informiert als der Verkäufer. Der Impulskauf wird zur bedrohten Spezies. Und Loyalität gilt künftig auch dem Agenten, nicht nur der Marke. Was das für Marken bedeutet: 1️⃣ Es gewinnen die saubersten Daten, nicht die besten Ads. 2️⃣ Premium-Preise müssen verdient werden, Agenten vergleichen alles, sofort. 3️⃣ Menschen direkt zu erreichen wird zum wertvollsten Marketingziel. (Quelle: Bessemer Venture Partners, 8 Predictions on Agentic Commerce, Mai 2026) Genau darüber haben @kaithomaskrause und ich auf der K5 NEXT_AI Stage gesprochen: Agentic Commerce: Welche 3 Maßnahmen muss ich umsetzen, um in Zukunft sichtbar zu bleiben? Die Aufzeichnung ist jetzt online: k5.de/video/agentic-commerce… Danke an das K5 Team, @jkrisch und Paul Krauss für die Bühne, auf der wir @ShopAgentic vorstellen durften! #AgenticCommerce #Ecommerce #K52026 #INTOACTION

This week, @kaithomaskrause and I stepped onto the K5 - Future Retail stage for the first time to tell the story behind @ShopAgentic , at a conference that brought together more than 5,000 retail leaders and innovators. Before our session, @jkrisch interviewed us about how we got here, from building together more than 15 years ago, to CouchCommerce, NewStore, and why we believe agentic commerce is the next major shift in retail. It was special to finally share our thinking with so many people from the industry we've been part of for so long. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the session and continued the conversations afterward. And congrats to Paul for running such a well received retail AI track. If you're curious about the longer story behind ShopAgentic and why we're building it, we recently shared it on the @retailgentic podcast with @scotwingo. Our K5 interview and keynote will be available as video soon. Excited for what's ahead 🚀 #INTOACTION #K5 #AgenticCommerce #Retail #Ecommerce

We have something for you to watch on the weekend. Our co-founders @ringsdorff and @kaithomaskrause were invited to join @scotwingo on @retailgentic for an exclusive talk about the founding story of ShopAgentic and our €1.9M pre-seed round by @greenfield_cap and May Ventures: youtu.be/e3fIZ4Gi8BI?si=yM-9…

The agent economy and blockchain networks are converging and future agentic commerce will be transacted on crypto rails @ShopAgentic is poised to drive this market and we are excited to partner with @ringsdorff @kaithomaskrause @dimitri_g ...more on this 👇 cc @claudedonze

Our founders @ringsdorff and @kaithomaskrause sat down with @scotwingo on @retailgentic for an exclusive first look at ShopAgentic: → €1.9M pre-seed led by May Ventures & Greenfield Capital → Agentic commerce changes WHO buys, not just how → A squad of agents, not another platform → Ephemeral UIs: the fast fashion of front ends 📰 Read the Substack: retailgentic.com/p/who-buys-… 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=e3fIZ4Gi… 🎧 Or listen wherever you get your podcasts

10/ Meet @ShopAgentic at #K5 conference in Berlin, hear the founders on today's @retailgentic episode, and request early access → shopagentic.com. youtu.be/e3fIZ4Gi8BI?si=Mtyt…

The internet changed everything – and now agents are changing the internet. @ShopAgentic is preparing merchants for this new reality, and we're excited to co-lead ShopAgentic’s €1.9M pre-seed round with strategic angels from across global commerce. @claudedonze

The internet changed everything. Now agents are changing the internet. Excited to co-lead @ShopAgentic's pre-seed round and partnering with @ringsdorff @kaithomaskrause and @dimitri_g

Make sure to sign up for the K5 Hackathon where @kaithomaskrause, @dimitri_g, Ivo and I will hack with you on the 22nd of June. Event and tokens sponsored by @OpenAI, @Lovable and @tavilyai 🤖 k5-hackathon.team-one.de/ #agenticcommerce #buildwiththebest

Check out my new single "By The Pool" distributed by @DistroKid and live on Spotify! open.spotify.com/album/3BrDP…

Check out my latest Medium blog post! I've shared valuable insights and tips. Dive into the article here: buff.ly/Hmc1VCZ and share your thoughts in the comments. Your feedback is appreciated! #AI #technology #productdevelopment

Pre-save my new release "Evil Inside" on Spotify: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ne… (powered by @distrokid)

To offset the impact of this economic slowdown, focusing on efficiency and advocating for long-term investments are key. Does your tech stack support this yet? @Steve_Rosenbush deep dives on navigating slowdowns in @WSJ here: wsj.com/articles/cios-can-pl…

A new track just landed :-) completely done on a Eurorack Modular system. Only a bit FX in the DAW mastering process. #eurorack #music #electronicmusic open.spotify.com/album/103Va…