Walmart hires 21-year Google veteran Sonia Wadhawan to run partnerships for its AI Acceleration, Product and Design team

by | Aug 25, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

Walmart hired Sonia Wadhawan as VP of partnerships on the AI Acceleration, Product and Design team run by EVP Daniel Danker. Wadhawan arrives from Google after nearly 21 years there, most recently in roles that included director of generative AI commerce partnerships. She also advises Telamon, which does infrastructure work for autonomous vehicle, telecom, and consumer brand clients. Wadhawan announced the move on LinkedIn, where she described the job as building the partner ecosystems behind Walmart’s agentic commerce push, per RTIH.

Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.

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