Retail MediaSaturday, November 7, 2026
AgenticAdvertising.org incorporated in December 2025 to govern AdCP, an open standard for agent-to-agent ad communication built on Anthropic's MCP.
Miso Robotics introduced its next-generation Flippy Fry Station in January 2025, a robot co-developed with White Castle that is half the size of prior models and installs in 75% less time.
Qu unveiled a unified Smart Kitchen platform at the 2025 Restaurant Leadership Conference that fuses IoT sensors, edge computing, and AI for real-time equipment monitoring, energy optimization, and predictive maintenance.
On October 16, 2025, AI agents completed the first agent-to-agent media buy using real funds, handling creative, targeting, and approval under human oversight.
Tulip and Salesfloor merged under the Tulip brand in early 2026, combining luxury VIP client management with associate online-lead generation tools.
PayPal introduced 'agent ready' and 'store sync' services on October 28, 2025, to enable agentic payments and product data discovery in AI channels.
