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Walmart opens AI checkout while Amazon blocks agents
Walmart lets AI agents shop with spending limits this holiday season as Amazon blocks them.
In brief
Walmart lets AI agents shop with spending limits this holiday season as Amazon blocks them. Walmart enables AI shopping agents to complete purchases within set spending limits starting November, while Amazon blocks third-party agents from shopping on its platform. Originally reported by Startup Fortune.
Walmart opens AI checkout
Walmart will let software place orders on your card this holiday season with spending limits.
Walmart Agent Gateway launch
Walmart launched the Agent Gateway on October 21 using Anthropic's open Model Context Protocol.
Spending limits for agents
Customers set a spending ceiling like $50 or $100 for agents to purchase within.
Amazon blocks agents
Amazon blocked AI shopping agents including Meta's Muse from transacting on its site.
Amazon legal battle
Amazon won a federal injunction blocking Perplexity's Comet agent but lost it on August 4.
Amazon's Rufus
Amazon controls its own shopping assistant Rufus inside its own walls.
Amazon acquires Decart
Amazon is buying ai startup Decart for about $7 billion to expand its ai shopping tools.
Walmart's test of agentic commerce
Walmart's system tests whether ai agents can complete real purchases without human intervention.
The big picture
Walmart enables AI shopping agents to complete purchases within set spending limits starting November, while Amazon blocks third-party agents from shopping on its platform.
