PayPal has agreed to amass Cymbio, an Israeli platform that helps retailers promote merchandise throughout AI chatbots, because the funds agency doubles down on agentic commerce.
Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed, however the acquisition is predicted to shut within the first half of 2026.
The transfer builds on PayPal’s October rollout of AI-powered instruments designed to assist companies floor their catalogs throughout conversational platforms. Cymbio’s infrastructure will improve PayPal’s providing by enabling seamless product integration into chatbot environments like Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot.
Main manufacturers together with Abercrombie & Fitch, Fabletics, and Ashley Furnishings already use PayPal’s instruments to achieve customers looking by way of AI brokers. Help for ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Gemini’s AI-powered search mode is predicted quickly.
Michelle Gill, EVP and GM of small enterprise and monetary companies at PayPal, stated the combination will assist retailers broaden product discovery and drive extra gross sales in rising AI buying channels.
