AI Shopping Race Means a New Talent War Is Brewing

Artificial intelligence is ready to disrupt the $1.2 trillion U.S. e-commerce industry. And ad giants, retailers and payment companies are bringing in reinforcements.

The Information tracked 14 executives leading key products and partnerships at the center of an AI-driven shift in how people shop for and buy things online. These include Prakhar Mehrotra, whom PayPal recently hired in a new AI role for the payments company, and Carl Rivera, who moved to the chief design officer role at e-commerce giant Shopify earlier this year. (For the full list, see here.)