PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again.’ That means AI.

PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5B in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.

Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push

Etsy’s new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.

Doordash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes

DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.

Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages

Amazon’s new “Join the chat” feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.

Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1%

Golden Child is launching with two “five-star” products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a “drizzle.” It has also raised $37 million in funding.

Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything

Amazon’s podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.

Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce

In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money.

Apple’s Cal AI crackdown signals it’s still policing the App Store

Apple tells TechCrunch Cal AI was removed not for web payments alone, but for deceptive billing, manipulative tactics, and App Store rule violations.