Walmart Welcomes AI Agents, Amazon Blocks Them, Kevel Raises $52M

Podcast: The Digital Commerce Daily · Marco & Klara

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

Walmart is building infrastructure for AI agents to shop autonomously while Amazon locks them out — a fork in the road that will reshape how brands sell in the US. Plus, Kevel's $52M raise signals retail media consolidation is accelerating fast. In this episode: Walmart is actively enabling AI agents to browse and purchase on its platform on behalf of consumers, while Amazon is blocking the same agents entirely — a public strategic split between the two largest US retailers on agentic commerce. Retail media infrastructure company Kevel has closed a $52 million Series D funding round and plans to u...