eBay unveils AI agent aimed at helping shoppers unearth hidden ‘treasures’
May 6, 2025
AI founders in shopping, maps, and social have a front-row seat to just how fast consumer expectations are rising
BY EMMA HINCHLIFFE AND SARA BRAUN
June 25, 2025
"This is very much the culmination of everything I've seen and done," Bornstein said. "I've just been waiting for the technology to catch up."
eBay unveils AI agent aimed at helping shoppers unearth hidden ‘treasures’
May 6, 2025
AI founders in shopping, maps, and social have a front-row seat to just how fast consumer expectations are rising
BY EMMA HINCHLIFFE AND SARA BRAUN
June 25, 2025

And expectations are rising rapidly.

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