Google has unveiled an AI shopping tool called Universal Cart that brings multiple retailers into a single experience centered on Search and Gemini. Items found through search or chat can be saved to a Google cart and taken through checkout. The feature supports price tracking, price history and restock alerts, and can warn about incompatible purchases. Google Pay can link memberships and cards and suggest ways to save, while purchases can also be completed on retailers’ sites. Google is expanding AI-driven direct purchasing with approval and records.

Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a developer tools startup whose products have been used by rivals including OpenAI and Google, TechCrunch reported. The terms were not disclosed. The Information previously reported Anthropic was discussing a deal valued at more than $300 million. Anthropic plans to stop operating all of Stainless’ hosted service products, including its SDK generator. Existing customers will keep ownership of SDKs they created and can modify or extend them.