At K:BOS 2026 on September 9-10 in Boston, Klaviyo launched Headless: more than 260 MCP tools and more than 490 APIs callable from Claude, ChatGPT or any AI system. Agents can read Klaviyo data, write to it, and put a campaign live without anyone opening the interface. SQL inside the Klaviyo Data Platform shipped as a preview. Here is what changes for a brand already running Klaviyo, and how to scope permissions before you connect anything.
Klaviyo's Marketing Agent and Customer.io's AI Agent both build full campaigns from one natural-language prompt. This comparison covers data models, credit vs plan-tier pricing, a two-week trial plan, and the guardrails to set before either agent sends.
Mailchimp launched Analytics AI on May 28, 2026 — a conversational analytics agent that answers natural language questions across Shopify/WooCommerce/Wix data, such as which flow drives the most revenue or why open rates dropped last week, with specific next-step suggestions. Now live for all paid users.
At Thread 2026 on May 26, Attentive revealed that nearly half its customers are already running AI agents. Before BFCM, Brand Voice 2.0, AI Email Template Generation, RCS Visibility AI, and AI Grow 2.0 are all shipping. Here is what each one does and how to prepare.
Launched May 8, 2026, Fin for Ecommerce handles pre-purchase discovery and post-purchase support in a single conversation thread. Shopify integration takes minutes. Early numbers show 10% conversation-to-order conversion and 20% higher AOV on Fin-assisted orders.