Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin (ITBrief) reports on Shopify’s Platinum membership in PyTorch Foundation, including Shopify’s plans to contribute upstream engineering expertise and share experience from running machine learning systems in retail and commerce settings. "AI is becoming the operating layer for commerce, and we're convinced that layer needs to be open to reach global scale," said Mikhail Parakhin, Chief Technical Officer, Shopify. "PyTorch is central to how Shopify builds AI today. Joining the Foundation lets us invest in that base directly and help shape it for the agentic era, rather than just building on top of it." The coverage also details Shopify’s use of PyTorch across Sidekick, search and recommendation tools, fraud protection, and foundation model work tied to merchant tools. "We are excited to welcome Shopify to the PyTorch Foundation as our newest Platinum Member," said Mark Collier, Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation. "Shopify operates where AI meets real buyers and sellers every day, and that vantage point is exactly what the Foundation needs as agents become a front door to commerce. Read more: itbrief.news/story/shopify-…

@PyTorch Shopify joining PyTorch makes sense. “Open” AI layer and retail ML need good upstream folks.

@PyTorch Interesting that Shopify’s doubling down on upstream PyTorch—wonder if this means more open-source agentic tools for retail workflows.

@PyTorch That open layer idea is kinda abstract though