Commerce Through AI Conversations

Mervia AI builds custom business agents that make your brand discoverable and shoppable inside AI conversations — on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and beyond.

An agentic platform for conversational commerce.

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AI Conversations
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The Big Shift

E-Commerce Is Moving from Search to AI Conversations

Consumers are shifting from searching keywords and browsing pages to asking AI for recommendations and acting within conversations.

Search Era

  • Searching keywords
  • Clicking links
  • Browsing pages

AI Era

  • Asking AI
  • Receiving curated recommendations
  • Acting within conversations
50%

of U.S. online shoppers projected to use AI shopping agents by 2030

Sources: Morgan Stanley Research; YouGov Survey Data

The Problem

Two Sides of the Same Gap

AI conversations are expanding rapidly, but they're not connected to commerce. Businesses optimized for web search remain invisible to AI assistants.

Businesses Are Invisible

Most businesses are well optimized for web search and apps but remain invisible in AI conversations. When a customer asks ChatGPT for a recommendation, your products aren't in the answer.

AI Can't Sell

AI conversations are growing explosively — but most lack real-time product data, inventory awareness, and the ability to complete transactions.

1

User Asks AI

Starts a shopping conversation

2

AI Hits Limits

Lacks real-time product data

3

User Leaves

Opens browser to finish purchase

Our Platform

Connecting AI Conversations with Commerce

Mervia bridges the gap between AI conversations and businesses — making every merchant discoverable, trustworthy, and transactable in AI-driven interactions.

1

AI-Native Commerce Infrastructure

We help every merchant build a Custom Business AI that deeply understands their inventory, pricing, and fulfillment — and participates directly in AI conversations to power discovery and purchase decisions.

  • Custom AI agent trained on your catalog and business logic
  • Real-time inventory and pricing awareness
  • One-click Shopify integration
2

AI Engagement Marketplace

Wherever AI conversations happen — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — Mervia connects them to commerce, enabling discovery, building trust, and completing transactions.

  • Native integration with major AI assistants
  • Conversational discovery and recommendations
  • End-to-end purchase flow within AI conversations
Product in Action

AI Shopping, Live on Your Store

Your AI shopping assistant understands your full catalog, answers customer questions in natural conversation, and recommends the right products based on individual needs.

AI Shopping Assistant helping a customer find the right product through natural conversation

Natural Conversations

Customers describe what they need in their own words — the AI understands context like size, skill level, and preferences.

Easy Shopify Integration

Install from the Shopify App Store and onboard with one click. No code changes needed.

Higher Conversions

AI-guided recommendations build trust and match products to real needs — turning conversations into purchases.

How It Works

From Conversation to Conversion

Mervia connects every step of the AI shopping journey — from the moment a customer asks an AI assistant, to the final checkout on your store.

01

Customer Asks

A shopper expresses purchase intent in an AI conversation.

02

AI Dispatches

ChatGPT or Claude routes the query to your Mervia agent via MCP.

03

Business AI Responds

Your custom agent generates a personalized, brand-aware response.

04

Onsite Agent Continues

Context carries seamlessly to your storefront's shopping agent.

05

Checkout

The customer completes the purchase with AI guidance.

Leadership

Founder Team

Long-term collaborators since their undergraduate years at Tsinghua University, with deep experience building large-scale commerce and advertising systems at Meta and Google.

Zhuowei Bao

Zhuowei Bao

Co-Founder & CEO

Former Engineering Director at Meta, leading Facebook Marketplace & Creator Monetization. 13 years building global consumer & business platforms.

Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania; B.S.E., Tsinghua University.

Guo Chen

Guo Chen

Co-Founder & CTO

Former Senior Staff Engineer at Google Ads & ML. 13 years building large-scale advertising & ML systems.

M.S. Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S.E., Tsinghua University.

Ready to Lead the Shift?

The future of commerce is conversational. Let's discuss how Mervia AI can make your business discoverable and shoppable in AI conversations.

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Begin with a risk-free pilot to experience AI-native commerce firsthand.

Rapid Implementation

Go live quickly with our one-click Shopify onboarding.

Dedicated Partnership

Receive ongoing support and strategic guidance from our team.

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