Shopify launches a new AI commerce stack; the company's VP of Product details the just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and technology.
Launch cadence accelerated in 2025 but the pattern inverted — the most important releases were infrastructure, not consumer products. Nvidia's Blackwell architecture, custom silicon from Google and Amazon, and open-weight models from Meta and Mistral reshaped what was possible. Consumer launches increasingly felt like features rather than products.