Latest E-commerce News & Updates
Last updated October 25, 2026
Google adds a small business hub to Gemini with connections to Shopify, Wix, Canva, and Xero, plus brand-matched marketing images
Google DeepMind staff resign over Google’s AI contracts with the US and Israeli militaries, saying it can’t control Pentagon use
CapitalOS raises a $21.9M Series A led by LGVP for infrastructure that lets B2B software platforms offer cards and bill pay
Azoma raises an $11.2M Series A led by Puma Growth Partners for software that helps brands get recommended by AI shopping agents
OpenAI rolls out locked chats in ChatGPT, letting users hide conversations behind a PIN, but resetting it deletes them for good
eBay lays off about 9% of its workforce in its second round of cuts this year, eight months after eliminating 800 jobs
OpenAI invests in Coherence Neuro’s $45M seed round for a brain implant that uses AI to detect and treat brain cancers
TikTok shifts its ad budget to YouTube, Pinterest, and app ad networks after Meta blocks ByteDance ads in seven countries
Anthropic offers up to $345,000 for a human executive communications writer while its CFO says AI writes 90% of its code
Shopify CTO Mikhail Parakhin is leaving the role after two years and will stay on as an advisor, with no successor named yet
Meta lets advertisers assign an age range and gender to each ad creative in an ad set through a new Marketing API option
3M gives Amazon warrants for up to 3.2M shares tied to $6B in purchases of its optical connectors and AI data center gear
Meta’s Muse agent tops 10 million setups in six weeks, with shopping as its biggest use, but Zuckerberg says it’s costly to run
OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna to Google Cloud, where customers can pay for them with existing spending commitments
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent app that can manage Shopify stores and buy things with Stripe Link and Shop Pay
Flipkart promotes Renuka Singaram to SVP overseeing its Minutes quick commerce business and its supply chain for smaller items
FundPark secures up to $250M in debt financing from Bain Capital to expand its lending to e-commerce sellers across Asia
Zalando hires former Amazon and Uber Freight executive Tom Christenson to run its B2B unit spanning Zeos, Tradebyte and Scayle
Klarna adds its pay-in-four and financing options to FreshBooks invoices for small businesses in the US and Canada via Stripe
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