# The race to build agentic commerce

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce.md
Podcast: [Most Innovative Companies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160)
Published: 2026-05-14T22:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV1598603823.mp3?updated=1778791655
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV1598603823.mp3?updated=1778791655
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce
Duration seconds: 5139

## Resource

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

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/the-race-to-build-agentic-commerce.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.