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By popular request, the full K5 Future Retail NEXT_AI Stage talk is now available dubbed in English. Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause break down what happens when the buyer is no longer a human but an agent, why AI-assisted visitors convert better than classic traffic, and the three measures merchants need to implement now so agents can find them at all.
Recording of Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause on stage at the K5 Future Retail Conference in Berlin. The talk (in German) outlines the three concrete actions merchants need to take now to stay visible as AI agents take over discovery, comparison and purchase in commerce.
Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause join Retailgentic to unpack why agentic commerce changes who buys, not just how — and what their €1.9M pre-seed round means for merchants getting ready for an agent-first world.
Every major shift in commerce changed how consumers buy. Agentic commerce is the first to change who buys, and ShopAgentic is building the infrastructure for an agentic-first experience.
Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause will speak at K5 Future Retail in Berlin on Tuesday, June 23, 5:30 PM in the AI Auditorium. The full founding team will be on site June 22–24 for conversations about Agentic Commerce, ACP, UCP, and merchant-owned AI experiences.
Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause have built one of Europe's leading Magento agencies, founded CouchCommerce, and scaled NewStore to the US. Now they're starting from scratch again with ShopAgentic, a native agentic commerce system. In this interview they explain why - and why replatforming is dead, what HTTP 402 has to do with the future of commerce, and which three steps merchants should take now.
“Boris has spent two decades shaping the commerce technology industry, founded multiple companies, and built Spryker into a global enterprise platform trusted by ALDI, DAIMLER, Siemens, and many more. He brings that rare combination of strategic clarity and hands-on builder mentality.”
“Ivo has always brought a rare combination of technical depth, product thinking, and pragmatic execution - exactly the kind of mindset you want around the table when building something new.”
Die Shopagentic-Gründer Alexander Ringsdorff und Kai-Thomas Krause arbeiten nicht nur mit, sondern auch für Agenten. Davon könnten bald eine Menge unterwegs sein.
Stefan Wenzel’s new book on agentic commerce features ShopAgentic as a reference for brands and retailers preparing for a world where AI agents autonomously research, compare, purchase, and return products on behalf of consumers.
“Stefan has been at the forefront of e-commerce and digital transformation as an operator, executive and advisor. At ShopAgentic, we are building on this very inflection point: the shift from interface-driven commerce to agent-driven systems.”
“Peter has the ability to identify structural shifts early and support founders not just with capital, but with long-term thinking and hands-on guidance - from early internet and SaaS to today’s AI-driven transformation.”
“ShopAgentic starts from that future. We’re not adapting legacy commerce for AI, we’re designing commerce natively for it.”
“Thomas has lived through the evolution from monolith to headless to composable - and now sees clearly why the next shift will be driven by agentic systems. Having someone who has built, scaled, and exited in the commerce infrastructure layer is incredibly valuable.”
“Peter brings a rare combination of deep retail-tech pattern recognition and global capital markets perspective. Building a Native Agentic Commerce System requires understanding how to fund, scale, and institutionalize a category-defining company.”
“Andy combines operator empathy, brand-building experience, and long-term capital perspective. He understands why agentic systems, programmable money, and new infrastructure layers will fundamentally change how modern brands operate and scale.”
“Jochen and Sven are among the most experienced and influential minds in European e-commerce. They immediately understood how agentic systems will fundamentally change how commerce is built, operated, and scaled - and why now is the right moment to rethink everything from first principles.”
“Andreas understood the potential and impact of agentic commerce at a very early stage. He quickly grasped how autonomous AI systems could fundamentally change how commerce is built, operated, and scaled - that kind of foresight is rare and incredibly valuable.”
“Tony brings 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, spanning product development, go-to-market strategy, and leadership at scale - with a strong belief that customer centricity combined with a bias for action is what truly unlocks growth.”
ShopAgentic was founded by Alexander Ringsdorff and Kai-Thomas Krause, two of the most experienced e-commerce entrepreneurs in the German-speaking market. The company is headquartered in Hannover, Germany, with team members in Berlin and Amsterdam.
ShopAgentic is a native agentic commerce platform. It gives merchants a team of specialized AI agents that own end-to-end jobs across catalog enrichment, marketplace and channel feeds, content, chat and voice - so online stores run as a coordinated AI team rather than a stack of dashboards.
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