Amazon blocks Meta's Muse shopping agent, igniting the agentic commerce fight
pdamodaran · x · 2026-09-21
Amazon blocked Meta's Muse shopping agent from its site for violating terms, while Meta says Muse never sees passwords or payment details. Investor pdamodaran slams Amazon: Muse is doing what Alexa should have done years ago, and agentic platforms will increasingly route around Amazon to take a cut of commerce — though Prime logistics remain a moat for now. The event marks AI agents sitting between consumers and checkout, putting product discovery and ads up for grabs.
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