Visa and OpenAI announce an expanded partnership that connects Visa’s payment network to ChatGPT. Multiple outlets report that this integration enables AI agents within OpenAI’s products to recommend products and, after a user request and approval, complete shopping and checkout steps using Visa for payment. The arrangement is framed as “secure global payments” brought directly into the ChatGPT experience, reducing the need for users to manually carry out final transaction steps. Coverage also states that AI agents can operate across Visa’s merchant network, with reporting citing Visa’s scale of merchant acceptance, potentially reaching a very large number of merchant locations that take Visa. Several outlets describe this as part of a broader shift toward “agentic” AI, where systems can take actions on a user’s behalf rather than only generating information. While some coverage highlights what this could mean for real-world purchasing—such as groceries or travel—others focus on the underlying functionality of linking payment infrastructure to the chatbot. Details about specific rollout timing or exact checkout flow vary by outlet, but the core point across reports is that Visa payments become embedded in ChatGPT to support AI-driven purchases.