Agentic Commerce, AI Checkout, and the Future of Retail | Matt Nichols, Commerce Ventures - Retailgentic

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In this episode of Retailgenic, host Scot Wingo sits down with Matt Nichols, General Partner at Commerce Ventures, to unpack the future of agentic commerce, the evolving role of AI shopping agents, and the new infrastructure needed to support them. Matt shares: - Why enriched product catalogs will power LLM-driven shopping - How AI-native checkout layers could disrupt traditional eCommerce - What retailers and marketplaces must decide about exposing data to AI platforms - Insights into Commerce Ventures’ investment thesis and portfolio companies like Kevel, Portless, and Optiversal From personalized retail media to tokenized payments and stablecoins, this wide-ranging conversation explores the critical infrastructure needed for a future where AI, not humans, drive most online shopping.