Shopify launches Canvas, letting AI build online stores through conversation
Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI
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- Shopify
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What happened
Shopify released Canvas, a store-building tool that lets merchants build a storefront by talking to the Sidekick AI agent. Canvas renders the store's actual code in real time rather than a static preview, so merchants can test page interactions and animations and inspect how it looks at different screen sizes. Sidekick also takes screenshots to keep track of what it sees. Shopify gave Sidekick direct access to theme files and simplified the theme architecture. Merchants can still click individual elements to edit them. The product is in an early stage.
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