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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