E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences

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These days, most online retailers have […] The post E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences appeared first on SiliconANGLE . UPDATED 08:00 EDT / OCTOBER 12 2026 AI E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences by Mike Wheatley Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI wants to help online retailers create more seamless buying journeys and streamline the shopping experience after raising $3.5 million in seed funding today.

These days, most online retailers have adopted artificial intelligence tools in some way or another, but the way they’re doing it, by adding one feature at a time, is the wrong way to go about it, said Loops co-founder and Chief Executive Ari Nazir (pictured, left). Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI wants to help online retailers create more seamless buying journeys and streamline the shopping experience after raising $3.5 million in seed funding today.

Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun accelerator led the round, with NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday Capital all participating. All it leads to, he says, is fragmentation and disconnected experiences. Nazir said these AI tools are all useful on their own, but the problem is they’re running in siloes, so they only understand a small piece of the overall customer journey.