Hosts: James & Maya In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot News for June 12, 2026. I'm James, with five stories that matter for how you run your business. • And I'm Maya. Today's theme is quiet: AI is moving into the back office and the checkout line. • Start with Amazon. They're now licensing their shopping assistant to rival e-commerce sites — the same tool they built for their own marketplace. • Two pieces here. Image-based product search, which helps you find a thing you can picture but can't name. And the assistant, now open to other sites. • What strikes me is the shift. Amazon stops being only a marketplace and starts supplying AI to retailers who compete with them. Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.
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