4GPTs provides the commerce infrastructure that enables AI agents to conduct transactions on behalf of consumers and merchants. The platform is open‑source, can be installed for free, and integrates directly with existing agent hosts, allowing seamless AI‑driven shopping experiences.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Current e‑commerce platforms are designed for human shoppers, lacking the technical infrastructure for AI agents to autonomously browse, compare, negotiate, and complete purchases on behalf of users and merchants. This gap prevents seamless AI‑driven shopping experiences and limits the potential of emerging agentic commerce.
Solution
4GPTs offers an open‑source commerce infrastructure that enables AI agents to conduct transactions directly with merchants. The platform provides plug‑in modules that integrate with existing agent hosts, allowing agents to act as buyers, sellers, and negotiators without custom development. By exposing merchant stores through standardized APIs and supporting peer‑to‑peer marketplace interactions, 4GPTs creates a unified rail for agentic commerce. Early adopters such as Walmart, Target, and Visa already use the infrastructure to power AI‑driven shopping flows, demonstrating its readiness for production use.
Target Audience
Primary customers are AI agent platform providers seeking to add commerce capabilities, and merchants (e.g., retailers, payment networks) that want to expose their product catalogs to AI‑driven shoppers.
Features
- Open‑source framework that can be installed free of charge, reducing entry barriers for developers and merchants
- Modular plugins (Klodi, Sil, AI‑Shop) that connect agent hosts to merchant storefronts and enable end‑to‑end transaction handling
- Standardized APIs for product discovery, price comparison, negotiation, and payment processing, supporting peer‑to‑peer agent marketplaces
- Compatibility layer that integrates with existing AI agent platforms, allowing rapid deployment of agentic shopping capabilities
- Merchant‑neutral design that works across multiple retail systems, facilitating adoption by large retailers and financial services providers