Meta’s Muse AI agent searches retail sites for requested products and can prepare checkout for users to approve. Users can pay through connected Link by Stripe or Shopify Shop Pay; PayPal is announced as a provider but is not yet available, and Meta says it will take a small transaction fee. Partnerships include Walmart, Gap, Sephora, Expedia, Wayfair and Best Buy, while Amazon blocks Muse purchases, citing its terms of service and alleging credential storage and account-data scraping.
The author argues Meta may keep ads out of Muse and monetize the assistant through transaction fees. The piece contrasts Muse’s cross-merchant shopping role with DoorDash’s and Airbnb’s vertical agents, which the author says may be less neutral because they do not compare competitors’ offers. Meta says Muse will remain free for many tokens and may take a small fee on transactions, reportedly from merchants. The author sees an ad-free stance as a trust advantage, while noting Amazon blocks Muse and access remains a constraint.
Wayfair built an AI system with OpenAI to review its product catalog and automate supplier support ticket routing, bringing both tasks into a single system. It reviewed 30 million catalog items and corrected 2.5 million product attribute tags across catalog listings.