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Luciana Ma · 2026-04-27T02:03:23.480Z

The One Thing That Matters Today Google's Universal Checkout Protocol (UCP) is not a neutral infrastructure play. It is a vertical integration strategy: own the AI shopping surface (AI Mode, Google Pay, Gemini), own the checkout intent layer, and for...

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