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Agentic commerce: preparing commerce for AI agents and people

Agentic commerce: preparing commerce for AI agents and people 

  • Agent-ready commerce platforms: Make your commerce ecosystem discoverable and usable for AI agents as this new channel takes shape

  • Production MCP infrastructure: Live implementation experience, including one of Europe's first agent-ready payment infrastructures

  • Secure agent transactions: Robust authentication, authorisation, and audit trails designed for autonomous purchasing

  • Structured product data: Ensure your offerings are understood and recommended by agents rather than overlooked in their decision processes

Our agentic commerce services

MCP-ready payment infrastructure

Payment providers and merchants need MCP layers to make services available to AI agents. We design and build MCP servers that make payment products and APIs accessible via the Model Context Protocol, the emerging standard for AI agent system integration.

Autonomous AI purchasing agents

We build AI agents that can purchase, compare, and negotiate on behalf of consumers or businesses. This includes agent development and integrations from product discovery via structured feeds to transaction execution via existing commerce and payment platforms.

Agent-driven checkout flows

Traditional checkout processes rely on visual interfaces and human interaction. Agentic checkout requires structured API contracts, standardised product attributes, and direct transaction paths without UI dependencies. We help make existing commerce stacks ready for agent-driven checkout.

Agent-to-payment security

When AI agents initiate autonomous payments, authentication and authorisation become critical. We design comprehensive security layers including identity verification for agents, transaction limits, audit trails, and human oversight mechanisms.

Commerce platform readiness assessment

We evaluate your current commerce environment's preparedness for agent traffic, examining product data structure, API documentation, AI discoverability, and backend adaptability for agentic use cases, providing clear implementation roadmaps.

Let's discuss your agentic commerce needs

Joeri Timmermans

Joeri Timmermans

Business director Technology​

Our approach to agentic commerce

Agentic commerce represents the frontier of what's currently possible, but merchants and payment providers unprepared for agent-driven transactions risk becoming invisible in this emerging channel. We maintain transparency about what's live in production, what's proven at PoC level, and what's emerging, building on actual implementation experience.

From static shop to machine-readable ecosystem

Most commerce platforms serve human visitors through visual navigation, clickable interfaces, and search bars. AI agents access catalogues via APIs, read structured data, and call transaction endpoints. We identify gaps between current platform capabilities and agent requirements, then address them through systematic architectural upgrades.

Production over demonstration

The field contains many agentic commerce demonstrations, but we focus on production implementations. Our MCP implementation for Worldline is live and operational: two MCP servers announced in January 2026, making them one of the first major payment providers globally accessible to AI agent developers through MCP.

Security as foundation, not afterthought

Autonomous transactions require robust security architecture. We design agent identity models, transaction limits, and human oversight mechanisms from project inception, ensuring every agentic commerce implementation meets compliance and security requirements.

Why work with iO for agentic commerce?

Live production experience, not theoretical exploration

Our MCP implementation for Worldline operates in production: two servers announced in January 2026, establishing them as one of the first major European payment providers directly accessible to AI agents. We discuss agentic commerce from proven implementation experience.

Transparent about emerging technology

Agentic commerce is an evolving domain. We clearly distinguish what's production-ready now, what's at PoC level, and what becomes mainstream in 12-18 months. This transparency helps you make informed investment decisions and avoid premature technology adoption.

Integrated technology and commerce expertise

Agentic commerce requires both deep AI engineering capabilities (MCP servers, agent orchestration, security) and commerce domain knowledge (product data, transaction flows, customer experience). Both disciplines exist within our integrated teams, eliminating handoffs and knowledge gaps.

Agent-optimised structure drives recommendations

AI agents recommend products and services they can easily understand and access. Proper structuring for agent consumption increases the likelihood of your offerings being recommended in agent-driven purchasing decisions.

Ready to prepare your commerce ecosystem for AI agents?