Akeneo and Stripe shake hands on partnership that helps businesses prep for agentic commerce
Akeneo, a product experience (PX) company and provider of product information management (PIM) solutions, has announced a new partnership with Stripe involving the latter’s Agentic Commerce Suite.
The pair say that the tie up will enable businesses to make their products discoverable by AI agents, simplify checkout and accept agentic payments, all through a single integration and with minimal changes to existing systems.
“AI agents can only deliver reliable shopping experiences when they have access to centralised, enriched, activated and well governed product information,” says Romain Fouache, CEO at Akeneo.
“We help businesses prepare their product catalogues for AI driven discovery, while Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite enables agent ready checkout and payments. Together, we’re making it easier for merchants to participate in agentic commerce without reworking their existing systems.”
RTIH AI in Retail Awards
Brarista, IBM Consulting, Foundit!, Quorso, Vusion, Sensei, Reckon.ai, EE, Walkbase, Globant, Riskified, and Goddiva were among the winners at the RTIH AI in Retail Awards, sponsored by VenHub Global, 3D Cloud, EdTech Innovation Hub, and Retail Technology Show.
Our 2026 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January, and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Lucy Porter.
In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “According to Amazon’s Andy Jassy: AI is a once in a lifetime reinvention of everything we know, and the largest technology transformation since the cloud.”
“Whether that’s overstating it or not, we're certainly seeing an increasing number of innovative, potentially game changing developments in this space across both traditional and digital retail spaces. And that is reflected in tonight's finalists, who are boosting customer experiences and tackling retailers' painpoints across the likes of physical stores, online, omnichannel, supply chain, and payments.”
“To quote one of our judges: I have to admit, judging these awards was so difficult. So many that would have been worthy winners. And great to see how AI has moved firmly into delivery mode. Firmly into delivering for customers and driving huge innovation.”
Congratulations to our 2026 winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Lucy Porter, and all those who attended our Thursday, 29th January gathering.
Stay tuned for an indepth review of the awards ceremony in the next edition of RTIH magazine.
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