The Agentic Commerce catch-Up: Ben & Steve on what developers want to know one month in

Learn about the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), a new open standard co-designed by Stripe and OpenAI to enable purchases within AI agents like ChatGPT. This protocol has already seen incredible adoption, including integrations announced by major players like PayPal, WorldPay, and Salesforce. Ben & Steve return to catch up one month in from the launch video.    • Implementing the Agentic Commerce Protocol...   This time, they discuss the core principles of the ACP—namely its agnostic nature to agents, sellers, and payment providers—and its initial focus on single-item purchases. Discover why making the protocol open-source was crucial for its growth and how new use cases are already pushing the boundaries of the initial V0 specification. Finally, we explore the future roadmap for ACP, including plans to support recurring payments (SaaS), B2B transactions, global expansion, and authentication for non-guest checkout scenarios. Sections 00:00 Introduction to the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) 00:16 Announcing ACP and initial adoption 00:49 Key partners like PayPal, WorldPay, and Salesforce adopt ACP 01:18 The principle of ACP being agent and seller agnostic 01:42 Initial focus on single item purchases 02:12 Early feedback pushes the boundaries of V0 02:55 The importance of an open and flexible protocol 03:26 Why open-sourcing ACP is key to adoption and evolution 04:12 How external developer perspectives will shape ACP's future 05:07 How to start integrating with ACP 06:07 The use case for sellers acting as their own agents 07:36 The four minimum API endpoints required for sellers 08:42 Stripe's tools to simplify ACP integration 09:13 Why ACP focuses on payment and declaration, not product data 10:30 The future ratio of sellers to agents 11:40 Near-term roadmap: triage and early use cases 12:34 Future plans: recurring payments (SaaS) and B2B transactions 13:14 Global expansion and step-up authentication 13:55 Focus on authentication beyond guest checkout