Search is the wrong mental model for chatbot advertising The Wall Street Journal reports that eMarketer, an analytics firm, estimates that Meta will overtake Google in 2026 in terms… April 14, 2026
Contextualizing Meta’s Muse Spark Meta unveiled its long-awaited new foundational model, which it calls Muse Spark, last week. From its blog post introducing the… April 13, 2026
The App Store discoverability squeeze The Information, using data from Sensor Tower, reports that the number of new apps published to the iOS App Store… April 7, 2026
Meta partners with Stripe for in-ad shopping In a blog post published Tuesday, Stripe announced that it has partnered with Meta to bring on-platform shopping back to… March 26, 2026
Podcast: Deploying AI personalization at scale (with Christina Augustine) https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kjJ6m3KZWq5P83K805mN7?si=cf96e19d4c2a4362 On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Christina Augustine, the COO of Bloomreach, to discuss… March 17, 2026
Podcast: RecSys and internet commerce (with Michael Komasinski) https://open.spotify.com/episode/65nkBLALAwv4vkxmgaHufP?si=bf66612ef05e4e1d On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Michael Komasinski, the CEO of Criteo, to explore the rapidly… March 11, 2026
Platforms and native agent proximity This week, Perplexity's CEO uploaded a video to LinkedIn, showcasing the power of its new tool, Perplexity Computer, to automate… March 11, 2026
Agentic commerce is a mirage (part 2) OpenAI appears to be deprioritizing, if not abandoning, its Instant Checkout product within ChatGPT. From The Information (emphasis mine): OpenAI… March 5, 2026
Why is TikTok doubling down on social commerce? Last month, TikTok announced that it would no longer allow its US TikTok Shop retailers to ship their products directly;… February 10, 2026
Amazon-OpenAI: advertising, not agentic commerce Amazon CEO Andy Jassy participated in an interview with The Information's Jessica Lessin at Davos two weeks ago in which… February 3, 2026
