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New Generation Launches Agentic AI Platform

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11 hours ago

July 10, 2025

PYMNTS

AI infrastructure startup New Generation (New Gen) says its platform now allows for agentic commerce.

This new offering is designed to power secure, artificial intelligence (AI)-initiated transactions “through intelligent storefronts and embedded payment flows,” the company said in a Thursday (July 10) news release.

The platform now lets AI agents “quickly and securely check out from merchant sites across chat, voice, and soon through emerging agent-driven channels,” New Gen said, adding that it was “leveraging trusted payments infrastructure” from Visa and was among the first collaborators in the Visa Intelligent Commerce sandbox.

According to the release, there has been a surge in web traffic to retail websites from generative AI sources, jumping by more than 1,200% between July 2024 and February 2025. The users making those journeys are seeking highly personalized recommendations, are more likely to convert, and spend more than shoppers driven by traditional site traffic, New Gen said.

“But today’s web infrastructure isn’t compatible with AI’s programmatic interactions,” the release said. “As a result, AI agents can’t engage with most retail sites directly, meaning brands are missing the opportunity to convert this new wave of high-intent traffic.”

New Gen says it fixes this “by transforming static product catalogs into structured, AI-readable data through intelligent storefronts” that support “humans, who see a personalized, conversational interface, as well as AI agents, which access the same product information programmatically,” the release added.

PYMNTS profiled New Gen last month, noting in-house research showing that a truly autonomous AI agent had yet to be developed.

“Most business deployments of generative AI today still need employees to ensure processes are accurate and stay on track,” that report said. “Even tasks ripe for pure automation, such as managing cybersecurity systems, still rely heavily on human involvement.”

All the same, the foundation for agentic commerce needs to be put in place early, particularly as the technology is quickly advancing.

Visa, Mastercard and PayPal already are at work on agentic commerce infrastructure that allows AI agents to complete checkout for consumers. At the same time, other areas of the digital economy also need to change for this ecosystem to work — including digital storefronts.

“There’s really a three-way conversation that has to happen right now: the payment networks, the brands, and then what we’re building, which is the infrastructure to unlock it,” Adam Behrens, one of New Gen’s founders, said in the June PYMNTS report.

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Indonesia on Track to Achieve Sovereign AI Goals With NVIDIA, Cisco and IOH

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52 minutes ago

July 11, 2025

Soma Velayutham

As one of the world’s largest emerging markets, Indonesia is making strides toward its “Golden 2045 Vision” — an initiative tapping digital technologies and bringing together government, enterprises, startups and higher education to enhance productivity, efficiency and innovation across industries.

Building out the nation’s AI infrastructure is a crucial part of this plan.

That’s why Indonesian telecommunications leader Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, aka Indosat or IOH, has partnered with Cisco and NVIDIA to support the establishment of Indonesia’s AI Center of Excellence (CoE). Led by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs, called Komdigi, the CoE aims to advance secure technologies, cultivate local talent and foster innovation through collaboration with startups.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison President Director and CEO Vikram Sinha, Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins and NVIDIA Senior Vice President of Telecom Ronnie Vasishta today detailed the purpose and potential of the CoE during a fireside chat at Indonesia AI Day, a conference focused on how artificial intelligence can fuel the nation’s digital independence and economic growth.

As part of the CoE, a new NVIDIA AI Technology Center will offer research support, NVIDIA Inception program benefits for eligible startups, and NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute training and certification to upskill local talent.

“With the support of global partners, we’re accelerating Indonesia’s path to economic growth by ensuring Indonesians are not just users of AI, but creators and innovators,” Sinha added.

“The AI era demands fundamental architectural shifts and a workforce with digital skills to thrive,” Robbins said. “Together with Indosat, NVIDIA and Komdigi, Cisco will securely power the AI Center of Excellence — enabling innovation and skills development, and accelerating Indonesia’s growth.”

“Democratizing AI is more important than ever,” Vasishta added. “Through the new NVIDIA AI Technology Center, we’re helping Indonesia build a sustainable AI ecosystem that can serve as a model for nations looking to harness AI for innovation and economic growth.”

Making AI More Accessible

The Indonesia AI CoE will comprise an AI factory that features full-stack NVIDIA AI infrastructure — including NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, NVIDIA Cloud Partner reference architectures and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software — as well as an intelligent security system powered by Cisco.

Called the Sovereign Security Operations Center Cloud Platform, the Cisco-powered system combines AI-based threat detection, localized data control and managed security services for the AI factory.

Building on the sovereign AI initiatives Indonesia’s technology leaders announced with NVIDIA last year, the CoE will bolster the nation’s AI strategy through four core pillars:

Some 28 independent software vendors and startups are already using IOH’s NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure to develop cutting-edge technologies that can speed and ease workflows across higher education and research, food security, bureaucratic reform, smart cities and mobility, and healthcare.

With Indosat’s coverage across the archipelago, the company can reach hundreds of millions of Bahasa Indonesian speakers with its large language model (LLM)-powered applications.

For example, using Indosat’s Sahabat-AI collection of Bahasa Indonesian LLMs, the Indonesia government and Hippocratic AI are collaborating to develop an AI agent system that provides preventative outreach capabilities, such as helping women subscribers over the age of 50 schedule a mammogram. This can help prevent or combat breast cancer and other health complications across the population.

Separately, Sahabat-AI also enables Indosat’s AI chatbot to answer queries in the Indonesian language for various citizen and resident services. A person could ask about processes for updating their national identification card, as well as about tax rates, payment procedures, deductions and more.

In addition, a government-led forum is developing trustworthy AI frameworks tailored to Indonesian values for the safe, responsible development of artificial intelligence and related policies.

Looking forward, Indosat and NVIDIA plan to deploy AI-RAN technologies that can reach even broader audiences using AI over wireless networks.

Learn more about NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure for telcos.

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