OpenAI launches ChatGPT Wallet, claiming its a safe way to have AI shop for you
THE SO WHAT
Letting AI agents spend on your behalf turns assistants into transaction surfaces — whoever owns the wallet owns the commerce funnel. If you run consumer or fintech products, you now have to decide whether to integrate with these agent wallets, compete with them, or risk being abstracted away.
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