Perplexity Adds Free AI Shopping With PayPal Expanding Agentic Commerce

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Perplexity is rolling out a free AI shopping feature that lets U.S. users buy items directly from search results via PayPal. The tool expands personalized shopping and aligns with broader moves by OpenAI and PayPal to streamline AI-driven checkout experiences.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02Perplexity will launch a free AI shopping feature for U.S. users next week,

00:06allowing people to buy items directly from search results through PayPal, according to TipRanks.

00:11The tool expands on last year's paid Buy with Pro option

00:14and will use past searches to serve as personalized shopping results.

00:17PayPal merchants will now handle purchases, customer service, and returns.

00:21Perplexity has not said whether it will earn revenue from transactions.

00:24Perplexity has not said whether it will earn revenue from transactions.

00:25Perplexity comes as OpenAI introduces its own instant checkout tool for ChatGPT

00:29and expands its PayPal partnership.

00:31Analysts have a moderate Buy rating on PayPal with an average price target of $82.86 per share.

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