Medusa.js and Bloom, their new AI with deep commerce expertise (demo)

Medusa CEO & Co-Founder Sebastian Rindom joins Ben Smith to discuss the story behind Medusa, an open-source e-commerce platform designed to give developers maximum flexibility. Sebastian gives Ben a test drive of Bloom, a new browser-based tool that generates full functional storefronts and backends from simple text prompts. Finally, Ben and Sebastian discuss the future roadmap, including the Agentic Commerce Protocol and how LLMs will change the way consumers discover and purchase products. Learn more: https://bloom.medusajs.com/ 00:00 The origin story of Medusa 01:29 Core modules and developer framework 02:40 The philosophy behind developer experience 03:35 Implementing custom payment providers 04:50 Solving split-brain problems with event architecture 06:42 Introduction to Bloom and AI tools 07:35 Live demo of the Bloom store generator 09:16 Pivoting the store concept using AI prompts 11:46 Exporting code from the sandbox 12:45 The rise of agentic commerce 15:22 Future needs for commerce protocols