The race to build agentic commerce

About this episode

The episode discusses the race to build agentic commerce and features insights on business news and the role of women over 50 in the AI-driven workforce.

On today’s episode, cohosts Bryan Lufkin and Josh Christensen discuss the latest news in business and innovation, including the latest inflation report, OpenAI’s partnership with private equity, and selling Buzzfeed. Next, Bryan and Josh talk with Fast Company staff writer Elizabeth Segran about the race to build agentic commerce. And finally, Bryan talks with writer, speaker and Fast Company contributor Laëtitia Vitaud about why women over 50 are best equipped to deal with the world changed by AI. To read Elizabeth’s reporting, go to: fastcompany.com/91533534/shop-til-you-bot-google-openai-and-the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce To read Laetitia’s writing, go to: fastcompany.com/91505607/why-women-over-50-are-the-future-of-work-in-the-age-of-ai For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan Lufkin, Josh Christensen

Guests: Elizabeth Segran, Laëtitia Vitaud

Topics covered

• agentic commerce
• business news
• innovation
• AI
• women in the workforce

Keywords

• agentic commerce
• business news
• OpenAI
• Buzzfeed
• women over 50
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Buzzfeed, Fast Company

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