$AMZN vs. $SHOP: Two Very Different Bets on the Future of AI Shopping

Amazon and Shopify are taking opposite approaches to AI shopping:
- $AMZN blocked Muse from crawling its site.
- $SHOP opened up Shop Pay and built a catalog designed specifically for agents.
The author said the abstraction layer is where Muse, Grokbot, and ChatGPT will shop across every retailer at once. According to the author, $AMZN wins on price, inventory, and speed, and the question is whether it lets agents find that out.