The Agentic Layer and the New Plumbing of Retail

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In this issue I dig into the trend I find most significant right now, an agentic layer that overlays existing mature systems instead of replacing them, with great examples from Auger, Intelo.ai, Buynomics, and SimpliContract. I also explain MCP servers in plain terms (think USB ports for AI) and highlight Microsoft for Startups Pegasus portfolio #startups like Nimble, Omnistream, YDISTRI, Tembi - Market Intelligence, and Toolio that are shipping them today. Plus a look at my own experiments running autonomous retail stores with #AI agents.

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