Shopify unveils AI tools in Summer ’25 Edition

Shopify (SHOP) said in a blog post that, “Our Summer ’25 Edition brings this vision to life with some exciting AI innovations. These aren’t just tiny updates-they’re game-changers that keep you on the cutting edge with the best AI tools to help you start, run, and grow your business… Shopify Catalog: Now in early access for developers, the Shopify Catalog lets select partners build AI shopping agents that can discover and showcase your products to millions of potential customers who are using conversational AI to shop… Shopify Knowledge Base App: This new app gives you both insight and influence over how your brand is represented in AI shopping chats. Knowledge Base automatically generates AI-readable FAQs based on your store’s policies and settings to answer shopper questions-like when a shopper using AI asks about your return policy before buying a product they’re eyeing… Storefront MCP: Imagine bringing that same natural-language shopping experience directly to your own store! With Storefront MCP, powered by Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol, developers can build AI agents that can make tailored product recommendations based on the shopper’s intent, answer questions, create carts, and guide shoppers to checkout-making shopping on your site feel as intuitive as having a conversation… We’ve completely rebuilt Sidekick with enhanced reasoning abilities, allowing for deeper thought and more proactive responses… What truly sets Sidekick apart from other AI assistants? It doesn’t just talk; it does things for you. While other chatbots just provide info, Sidekick runs reports, creates customer segments, filters orders, sets up discount codes, and more-all with your approval, of course… Image generation is now built right into Sidekick. Just tell Sidekick what you want and get a stunning result in seconds without leaving Shopify.”