Matt Nichols Returns: What 2025 Got Right (and Wrong) About Agentic Commerce - Retailgentic

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Matt Nichols is back, and a lot has changed since his first appearance on Retailgentic. Scot and Matt revisit the predictions he made six months ago, look at what came true far faster than expected, and dig into the infrastructure challenges that still stand between us and frictionless agentic transactions. From SKU mapping and API-first checkout to the economics of feeds and the future of retailer traffic, this episode is a full-stack view of where Agentic Commerce stands at the end of 2025, and what’s coming in 2026. If you want more of Matt’s backstory and Commerce Ventures’ thesis, listen to Episode 4 ! It pairs perfectly with this deep dive. In this episode, they cover: Why VC predictions used to take 5 - 10 years to play out… and now take 5 - 10 weeks What Commerce Ventures is hearing from both startups and their LP base (top retailers + PSPs) Why ACP isn’t “the solution” - and what infrastructure still needs to be built The “API vs.