Midha: Agentic commerce requires physical verification systems
Anjney Midha · FULL INTERVIEW: Anjney Midha on Fixing AI’s Biggest Bottleneck · May 5, 2026 · at 5:32
AMP PBC founder Anjney Midha explains how AI shopping agents need retail locations to verify non-standard physical goods against fraud.
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“You need physical verification built into the system for agentic commerce.”
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