# Walmart opens AI checkout while Amazon blocks agents

> Walmart lets AI agents shop with spending limits this holiday season as Amazon blocks them.
- Title: Walmart opens AI checkout while Amazon blocks agents
- Summary: Walmart lets AI agents shop with spending limits this holiday season as Amazon blocks them.
- Keywords: walmart, ai shopping agents, spending limits, amazon, walmart agent gateway, mcp protocol, sparky, Startup Fortune
- Source: Startup Fortune — https://startupfortune.com/walmart-opens-checkout-to-ai-shopping-agents-while-amazon-keeps-them-out
- Published: 2026-11-06T15:39:35+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: walmart, ai shopping agents, spending limits, amazon, walmart agent gateway, mcp protocol, sparky, startups, business
## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.