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Musk is doing more than shilling Grok here — he's pointing at the industry's next battleground: agentic commerce, where models don't just recommend products but execute the purchase themselves. On our view, the pitch is compelling but glosses over the hard part: trust. Handing an agent your payment credentials and letting it transact autonomously is a leap most users won't take quickly, and one refund or wrong purchase could set the category back. The swipe at Amazon also hints at a bigger shift — AI assistants becoming a new front door to e-commerce and disintermediating incumbent marketplaces. Until Grok proves it can reliably pull this off, treat it as a provocative claim rather than a shipped capability.
Just ask Grok @Bot to buy what you want someplace else and get a better deal.
There are far more purchasing websites than just Amazon!

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