
AI Agents Will Change the Way We Shop and How Brands Must Adapt | Artificial Intelligence | Naveen Tewari | Presented by Glance
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha
Hosted by Hala Taha
- 49m
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Summary
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The episode explores the shift from traditional e-commerce to agentic commerce, featuring technology pioneer Naveen Tewari. The discussion covers how AI agents are transforming consumer shopping habits by focusing on intent, context, and digital body language rather than manual searches. Naveen explains his leadership philosophy, including the distinction between haircut and tattoo decisions to speed up execution, and how brands must adapt to agent engine optimization.
Chapters
- 0:00Episode Introduction and Sponsorships
Hosts introduce the episode, sponsors, and set the stage for the discussion on AI and commerce.
- 0:54AI’s Impact on E‑Commerce
The host explains how AI is poised to replace traditional e‑commerce with agentic commerce.
- 4:29From Mobile Advertising to AI‑Native Platforms
Naveen describes how Inmobi evolved from mobile advertising to supporting AI-driven commerce.
- 7:53Glance: The Personal Shopper Agent
Introduction of Glance, its user base, and how it functions as a personal shopper powered by AI.
- 10:40Privacy and Trust in Agentic Platforms
Discussion on how Glance safeguards user data and builds trust with transparency.
- 32:09Future of Shopping and Ambient Commerce
Speculation on how shopping will evolve beyond screens, integrating AI agents into daily life.
- 39:37Marketing to Agents and Brand Strategy
Exploration of how brands must adapt to market to AI agents and the opportunities for small brands.
- 49:20Psychological Safety and Team Loyalty
The guest reflects on the importance of psychological safety and loyalty within his team, emphasizing trust and long-term commitment.
- 50:00Disruptive Thinking and Big Companies
The guest explains that future successful companies will be large and disruptive, urging entrepreneurs to aim high and not limit themselves.
- 51:24Personal Passion as a Secret to Profit
The guest shares that living passionately and loving what you do leads to success, resilience, and compounding growth.
- 52:54Learning from Market Shifts
The host reflects on how most people react late to tech shifts, while the guest advocates early understanding of human behavior and tech.
- 53:25Agentic Commerce and AI Agents
The guest discusses how AI agents can reduce shopping friction by understanding intent, preferences, and context.
Highlights
- 0:59
Replacing E-Commerce With Agentic Commerceinsight
Naveen Tewari explains that traditional e-commerce will be replaced by agentic commerce where personal shoppers act on behalf of the user.
- 1:27
Handling Economic Incentives and Trustdebate
Naveen addresses potential unaligned incentives, stating that platforms must remain completely transparent with users about economic commissions.
- 5:02
Building a Unicorn Without Knowing Itstory
Naveen shares that when starting Inmobi, they were just trying to survive and did not realize they were building the first unicorn out of India.
- 8:23
Rapid Growth of Glance in the USdata
Launched about a year ago, Glance has reached approximately 10 million users in the United States who average around 120 prompts or searches per month.
- 17:26
Haircut Versus Tattoo Decision Frameworkstrategy
Naveen outlines his decision-making thesis where minor decisions are haircuts that can easily be reversed, while rare irreversible choices are tattoos.
- 25:22
AI Agents Managing the Shopping Journeyinsight
An agent analyzes personal context, searches thousands of brands, visualizes products, and finds maximum savings within seconds.
- 39:36
Marketing to Agents Through Optimizationstrategy
Brands must transition from marketing solely to humans to training AI agents so they understand brand values, inventory, and ethos.
Quotes
“Our belief is that e-commerce will now be replaced with agentic commerce.”
Unnamed speaker · 0:59 “The more you train the agent, the better it is for the brand because…”
Unnamed speaker · 2:07 “If you think about technology today, you have such amazing like technologies available to us that we like, we got to just think very differently about the world.”
Unnamed speaker · 50:00 “I am all about living my life with very high level of passion.”
Unnamed speaker · 51:24 “Most business decisions are really just haircuts. If you get it wrong, your hair grows back and you keep it moving.”
Hala Taha · 54:08 “Innovation requires more than just big ideas. It requires the ability to keep moving through uncertainty, make decisions without perfect information and come back after failure with enough courage to try again.”
Hala Taha · 54:36
Sponsored segments
- HeyGen 0:00–0:15
- Shopify 0:15–0:24
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- HeyGen 9:56–10:50
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- AG1 22:29–23:19
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- Glance AI 54:49–55:01
- Build Your Tribe 55:37–56:21
About this episode
AI is changing how consumers discover and buy products, and Naveen Tewari believes traditional e-commerce is entering a new era. Years after betting early on the mobile internet and building InMobi, he launched Glance, an agentic commerce platform designed to help consumers shop with AI. Despite early resistance, he turned Glance into a standalone company, raised close to $1 billion, and became a two-time unicorn founder. In this episode, Naveen shares how AI agents will reshape buying decisions for consumers, how brands will need to adapt, and how entrepreneurs can position themselves early for this shift into the agentic commerce era. In this episode, Hala and Naveen will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (00:00) Building Two Unicorn Companies (03:23) Pivoting to AI and Agentic Commerce (08:15) Naveen’s Leadership Principles and Mindset (18:56) The Haircut vs. Tattoo Decision-Making Model (22:40) How Agentic Commerce Changes Shopping (32:56) Integrating Glance With Siri and Brands (36:29) Marketing to AI Agents (38:21) How AI Agents Will Change Branding (42:27) Privacy and Trust in AI (43:36) Choosing the Right Strategic Investor (44:55) Founder Principles: Trust, Passion, and Growth Naveen Tewari is the founder and CEO of InMobi and Glance. He founded InMobi in 2007, which became India's first unicorn in 2011, and later built Glance, making him the first Indian entrepreneur to create two unicorns. Today, he leads both companies, with InMobi operating in digital advertising and Glance developing agentic commerce technology. Naveen is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Harvard Business School. Sponsored By: Glance: An agentic commerce platform designed to help consumers shop with AI. Visit glance.com/row to get started. Resources Mentioned: Naveen’s Platform, Glance: glance.com/row Naveen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/naveentewari Naveen’s Instagram: instagram.com/ntewari14 Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap YouTube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Newsletter - youngandprofiting.co/newsletter LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new LinkedIn Creator Club - Skool.com/linkedin-creator-club Disclaimer: This episode is a paid partnership with Glance. Sponsored content helps support our podcast and continue bringing valuable insights to our audience. Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Podcast, Business, Business Podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal Development, Starting a Business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side Hustle, Startup, Mental Health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth Mindset, ChatGPT, AI Marketing, Prompt, AI in Action, AI in Business, Generative AI, AI for Entrepreneurs, Future of Work, AI Podcast
Transcript
10,198 words · 2 speakers
Speaker names marked are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.
Topics
- AI
- Glance
- personal shopper
- Inmobi
- Alice and Olivia
- agentic commerce
- Siri
- India
- Apple
- agent engine optimization
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