ChatGPT is getting a pay with PayPal button

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Your friendly neighborhood chatbot is about to become your personal shopper, and it’s taking PayPal along for the ride. 

PayPal announced that starting sometime in 2026, you’ll be able to check out directly through ChatGPT using your PayPal wallet. 

The integration will look familiar to anyone who’s ever bought something online: you’ll get the same payment options, shipping info, and that comforting blue “Pay with PayPal” button you’ve clicked a thousand times before.

The update builds on OpenAI’s growing ambitions to turn ChatGPT from a talking encyclopedia into a full-fledged shopping assistant. 

Just last month, OpenAI rolled out its Instant Checkout feature, along with a shiny “Buy Now” button that initially worked with Etsy and Shopify listings. 

Since then, it’s expanded to Walmart, and now, thanks to PayPal, the checkout options are about to get even more universal.

Here’s the clever part: OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol automatically integrates products from businesses that already support PayPal without those businesses having to do anything special. 

In other words, if a shop accepts PayPal, its staff might soon be just a chat away. 

You could literally type, “Find me a cozy hoodie under $50,” and ChatGPT could find it, recommend it, and let you buy it, all without leaving the chat window.

This partnership also hints at OpenAI’s grander plan to weave commerce into its expanding ecosystem. 

With PayPal on board, shopping could soon extend beyond ChatGPT to the company’s rumored Atlas browser and even that mystery hardware device OpenAI is reportedly building with design legend Jony Ive.

For users, it means fewer clicks and more impulse buys. 

For OpenAI, it means a brand-new revenue stream, and possibly a future where your AI assistant doesn’t just answer your questions, but helps you spend your money faster.

So, if ChatGPT starts asking whether you’d like that in two-day shipping, don’t be surprised. It’s not just smart anymore. It’s sales-smart.