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Shopify launches Canvas, letting merchants build stores via chat with Sidekick
Oct 1, 2026SOURCE: techcrunch.com
SO WHAT
In the window where choices still matter, this strengthens the user-only path—unless tooling becomes portable, the old system will reassign authorship and compound dependence.
Canvas uses Shopify’s AI agent Sidekick to generate and update storefronts in real time. The interface shifts creation from tools to prompts, signaling the inversion of “making” into “using.”
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