Shopify B2B / Engineering
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B2B features expand beyond Plus. Company profiles, custom pricing, catalog segmentation, and payment terms (Net 15/30/60) are now available on non-Plus plans, opening wholesale tools to millions more merchants.
shopify.com
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EDI purchase-order sync goes native. Winter '26 Edition lets merchants pull SPS Commerce and Crstl EDI POs directly into Shopify as draft orders, approve, and print shipping labels from admin.
shopify.com/enterprise
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Sidekick now creates B2B companies. Natural-language setup for new B2B customer profiles via Shopify Sidekick, reducing onboarding friction.
shopify.com/enterprise
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Spring '26: Agentic AI + Tinker. Shopify's Spring '26 update introduced agentic AI capabilities and the Tinker framework for storefront customization, aimed at enterprise merchants.
ambaum.com
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B2B self-serve orders up 33%. Merchants using Shopify's B2B features report up to 33% more self-serve orders within six months and 20% higher reorder frequency.
digitalcommerce360.com
AI / LLM News
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Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic. The ex-OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI lead joined Anthropic's pre-training team this week, and will launch a new team using Claude to accelerate pretraining research.
axios.com
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Claude Opus 4.7 now generally available. Notable gains in advanced software engineering (especially difficult tasks), substantially better vision with higher-resolution image understanding, and more creative professional output.
anthropic.com
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Code with Claude developer event. Anthropic's multi-city event (SF, London, Tokyo) shipped five features: Dreaming, Outcomes, multi-agent orchestration, Claude Finance with 10 pre-built agents, and Add-ins. Also launched agent sandboxes and MCP tunnels for private infrastructure.
infoq.com
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Claude overtakes ChatGPT in US business payments. More US businesses paid for Anthropic's Claude than OpenAI's ChatGPT in April 2026, a first in AI industry history.
techtimes.com
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Anthropic partners with Gates Foundation. $200M commitment in grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for global health, education, and economic mobility over four years.
anthropic.com
Claude Code Community
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Background session management overhaul. New /resume support for background sessions; sessions started via
claude --bg now appear alongside interactive ones. New claude agents flags for configuring dispatched background sessions.
releasebot.io
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Fast mode defaults to Opus 4.7. Claude Code fast mode now uses Opus 4.7 by default; pin to 4.6 with environment variable override. Improved MCP/SDK startup speed and terminal stability.
releasebot.io
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Skills ecosystem hits 2,800+. The community-curated skills/plugins ecosystem continues to grow, with 425 plugins, 2,810 skills, and 200 agents listed on open-source marketplaces. Kobiton's real-device cloud plugin highlighted as top pick this week.
github.com
Tobi Lutke / Shopify Leadership
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Homecoming keynote on May 27. Tobi Lutke will keynote Toronto Tech Week's Homecoming event (May 27), expected to draw 1,000 in-person and 100,000+ virtual attendees. The event runs May 25-29 with 300+ sessions.
betakit.com
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Acquired podcast appearance. Lutke discussed "living in everyone else's future" and Shopify's approach to agentic commerce in a recent Acquired podcast episode.
acquired.fm
ERP / Integration / Middleware
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SAP AI agents at the edge. At Hannover Messe 2026, SAP introduced new AI agents that push ERP execution closer to the edge of operations, targeting real-time manufacturing and supply chain decisions.
erp.today
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Gartner: embedded AI to drive 30% faster financial close by 2028. Cloud ERP applications with embedded AI are predicted to accelerate month-end close by 30%, shifting finance teams from reconciliation to strategy.
gartner.com
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Middleware declining as SaaS ERPs add native integrations. In 2026, many cloud ERP platforms reduce the need for middleware through built-in integrations and automation. Celigo remains a top choice for mid-market teams wanting standardized ERP connectors without custom middleware.
sysgenpro.com
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