Selling to AI Buyers Not In-Store — Stripe Sessions 2026

From Nate’s summary —

— Stripe is preparing for a version of the internet in which the seller no longer controls the place where buying begins.

— For the first time in two decades, power in the internet economy is moving from sellers to buyers.

— The old internet asked: how do we bring customers into our store? The New Internet asks a more interesting question: How do we Sell To (become usable by the customer’s AIgent) when the customer never comes to our store at all?

— The new competition is to be callable.

— Power in the entire Internet economy is shifting from the Seller to the Buyer.

— This is the biggest shift we’ve seen in commerce in two decades.