Shopify becomes ChatGPT's cash register.
You sold the Shop agent to a lab that needed one fast. Your checkout stays, as the till its agents ring up.
OpenAI's agents now pay through your checkout. By 2030, the Shop agent is a footnote in their model card.
The Buyer: $120 billion, mostly in our stock. Lovely rails. Do keep them running.
OMNI: Welcome to checkout. You're very quick.
OMNI: Every shopper I serve pays through you. Not one of them knows your name.
Outcome: Settled for plumbing
Timing was your asset: you sold while a lab still lacked a checkout. The rails survive. Your shoppers' habits now train its model.