LIVE @ Google I/O: Universal Cart, Agentic Payments, and the Protocols Powering the Agent-Mediated Economy
About this episode
Phillip Jackson interviews Suresh Ganapathy at Google I/O 2026 to discuss key announcements regarding Universal Cart and agentic payments in the context of an agent-mediated economy.
At Google I/O 2026, Phillip sits down with Suresh Ganapathy, Senior Director of Product Management for Consumer Shopping at Google, to unpack the day's announcements: Universal Commerce Protocol's expansion into new verticals, agentic payments arriving in Gemini Spark, and the debut of Universal Cart. We trace what these foundational pieces mean for how a billion daily shoppers, and the merchants serving them, will operate in an agent-mediated economy.
People in this episode
Host: Phillip Jackson
Guest: Suresh Ganapathy
Topics covered
- Universal Cart
- Agentic Payments
- Agent-Mediated Economy
- Consumer Shopping
- Google I/O
- E-commerce
Keywords
- Universal Cart
- Agentic Payments
- Google I/O
- E-commerce
- Consumer Shopping
- Agent-Mediated Economy
- Suresh Ganapathy
- Phillip Jackson
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google
Products: Universal Cart, Gemini Spark, Universal Commerce Protocol
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