--- title: While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the... description: Walmart launched an Agent Gateway, a new MCP server letting approved AI agents search its inventory and make purchases for customers. The move comes after... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/while-amazon-blocks-ai-agents-walmart-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-v11efhkr1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat | daily.dev og:description: Walmart launched an Agent Gateway, a new MCP server letting approved AI agents search its inventory and make purchases for customers. The move comes after... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/while-amazon-blocks-ai-agents-walmart-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-v11efhkr1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v11eFhkR1.png og:image:alt: While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Walmart launched an Agent Gateway, a new MCP server letting approved AI agents search its inventory and make purchases for customers. The move comes after Amazon began blocking AI agents from shopping on its site. Walmart's gateway works across Walmart and Sam's Club. Agent Profiles, rolling out next month, let customers authorize each agent separately, set spending limits, or require approval per transaction. Walmart's returns process applies even when an agent doesn't act as intended, and agents can't access payment info or act beyond what shoppers intend. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Walmart's Agent Gateway and how does it let AI agents make purchases? Walmart's Agent Gateway is a new MCP server that lets approved AI agents connect to Walmart over the model context protocol to search inventory and make purchases on a user's behalf. It covers both Walmart and Sam's Club, and lets customers shop without sharing personal information or purchase history directly with the agent. _Anyone building or evaluating shopping agents can follow MCP integrations like this one on daily.dev._ ### How can I control what an AI shopping agent is allowed to spend on my Walmart account? Walmart's Agent Profiles, rolling out the next month after the October 2026 announcement, let customers authorize each AI agent with its own profile tied to their account. Customers can require approval for every transaction or set a spending limit for automatic approval, similar to adding an authorized user to a credit card. _Shoppers weighing agentic commerce controls can track rollouts like this on daily.dev._ ### Is Amazon or Walmart more open to AI shopping agents? Walmart is openly welcoming AI agents with its new Agent Gateway and partnerships with agents like Meta's Muse, ChatGPT, and Gemini, while Amazon began blocking AI agents from making purchases on its site. Various travel and booking sites have similarly locked agents out entirely, making Walmart's approach an outlier in e-commerce. _Developers choosing which retail platforms to build shopping agents against can track this split on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI Agents Are The Next Evolution of Retail Commerce](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-agents-are-the-next-evolution-of-retail-commerce-o5j7y6whz) · Auth0 · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI Agents Are Fighting — and Amazon Just Blocked Meta’s Muse From Shopping](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-agents-are-fighting-and-amazon-just-blocked-meta-s-muse-from-shopping-rrwwcewq6) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#amazon](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#agentic-commerce](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-commerce) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/while-amazon-blocks-ai-agents-walmart-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-v11efhkr1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/while-amazon-blocks-ai-agents-walmart-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-v11efhkr1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/while-amazon-blocks-ai-agents-walmart-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-v11efhkr1"},"datePublished":"2026-10-21T19:31:56.849Z","dateModified":"2026-10-22T04:11:39.960Z","description":"Walmart launched an Agent Gateway, a new MCP server letting approved AI agents search its inventory and make purchases for customers. 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