PayPal Unveils Agentic Commerce Services for AI-Driven Shopping

Oct 28, 2025
PayPal has launched agentic commerce services, introducing 'agent ready' and 'store sync' to help merchants integrate with AI shopping platforms and streamline payments and product discovery.
PayPal Unveils Agentic Commerce Services for AI-Driven Shopping

PayPal has launched agentic commerce services to support AI-driven shopping experiences, announced in a press release. The suite includes tools for merchants to connect product data, inventory, and fulfillment with AI discovery and checkout systems.

The new offerings include 'agent ready', a payment solution allowing existing PayPal merchants to accept payments across AI interfaces such as conversational assistants or automated browsers. The service integrates PayPal’s fraud detection, buyer protection, and dispute resolution features without requiring additional technical setup. It is scheduled for availability in early 2026.

PayPal also introduced 'store sync', a tool that enables merchants to make their products discoverable across leading AI platforms. Through partnerships with Wix, Cymbio, Commerce (BigCommerce and Feedonomics), and Shopware, store sync connects merchant catalogs to AI shopping surfaces like Perplexity. Merchants can enroll via PayPal.ai, with discoverability on Perplexity expected before the end of 2025.

The company stated that these services are built with an open approach, supporting multiple AI ecosystems and payment protocols through a single integration.

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