In a bid to offer seamlessness and cut hassles from users’ online shopping experience, PayPal partners with the Perplexity app. Post the partnership, PayPal will power agentic commerce across the Perplexity Pro platform, which means the consumers can check out instantly with PayPal or Venmo when they ask Perplexity to find products, book travel, or buy tickets.

The services would begin in the US starting this summer. From payment and shipping to tracking and invoicing, the entire process will be seamlessly managed behind the scenes through PayPal’s account linking, secure tokenized wallet, and emerging passkey. It is all set to transform the user’s experience of e-commerce by streamlining the choices and the processes and bringing them to one place. This would potentially need the businesses to think through AI integration into their products to keep up with the competitive pace. 

Shopping becomes a single-click affair.

As the integration comes into play, enabling checkout flows by potentially eliminating passwords and reducing the entire experience to a single user query or click is something phenomenal to disrupt the existing e-commerce crowd. It is set to transform the users' online shopping experience and, in turn, compel the businesses to think of ways to catch up with the AI revolution in the sector. 

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Trustworthy Answers 

"Perplexity wants to have accurate, trustworthy answers wherever people are making decisions. PayPal is a natural partner because we share a vision for how important trust is in the age of AI," said Aravind Srinivas, cofounder and CEO of Perplexity.

Look forward to working with PayPal for commerce on Perplexity: Shopping, Travel, our voice assistants; and on our upcoming agentic browser, Comet. https://t.co/6ZeGOxCPwD

— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) May 14, 2025

Possibilities Making Their Way 

"This partnership unlocks new possibilities, where conversations now drive commerce," said Alex Chriss, President and CEO of PayPal. "We're making it easy and secure to shop right in the chat when inspiration strikes. It's a powerful step in making conversational commerce a reality." 

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A Global Platform in the Making

With over 430 million active accounts spanning nearly 200 markets, PayPal’s vast international footprint presents a powerful launchpad for Perplexity’s commerce tools. This collaboration has the potential to extend cutting-edge AI-driven shopping experiences to a truly global audience, positioning the partnership as a transformative force in the evolution of digital commerce worldwide.