The 2026 state of agentic commerce: market-size forecasts from Morgan Stanley, Bain and McKinsey, the 2025 MCP/ACP/AP2/x402 protocol wave, OpenAI Instant Checkout status, and adoption data from Adobe Analytics.
Springbrand Editor TeamUpdated Agent-to-agent commerce explained: delegated vs autonomous commerce, and the discovery-orchestration-settlement architecture.
Springbrand Editor TeamUpdated How traditional SKU listings are being replaced by machine-readable executable commitments for the agent economy.
Springbrand Editor TeamUpdated A practitioner's guide to agent escrow: how a neutral hold between authorization and settlement works, how it composes with Stripe Shared Payment Tokens and AP2 mandates, and the agent-to-agent trust failure modes it closes.
Springbrand Editor TeamUpdated