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agentic commerce
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Agentic commerce is buying and selling driven by autonomous digital agents — such as smart apps, bots, or AI assistants — that act on a person’s or business’s behalf to find, compare, negotiate and execute transactions. Investors should care because these agents can change who controls customer relationships, cut costs and speed up sales like a personal shopper that never sleeps, but they also shift competitive dynamics, data value and regulatory risk for platforms and retailers.
real-time intelligence
technical
Real-time intelligence is continuous collection and analysis of live market data, news, and signals to produce immediate, actionable insights for decision-making. Like a live traffic report for investments, it highlights sudden price moves, breaking news, or changing risk conditions so investors can react faster, manage exposure, and seize short-term opportunities that delayed information might miss.
network-wide intelligence
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Network-wide intelligence is the collection and analysis of data from all parts of an organization’s connected systems—such as devices, branches, or clinics—to create a single, shared view of performance, risks, and opportunities. For investors, it matters because this consolidated insight can reveal inefficiencies, prevent problems before they escalate, and guide faster decisions that improve revenue or cut costs; think of it as turning many small mirrors into one clear map for steering the business.
explainable AI
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Explainable AI is artificial intelligence designed so its decisions and recommendations can be understood and traced by people, not left as a mysterious “black box.” For investors, it matters because clarity about how models reach conclusions reduces surprises, helps assess risks and regulatory compliance, and makes it easier to trust automated signals—like reading a recipe alongside a finished dish to know what went into it and whether to rely on the result.
behavioral signals
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Behavioral signals are measurable actions or patterns from customers, users, employees or market participants—such as clicks, purchases, login frequency, product returns, search activity, or trading volume—that reveal underlying preferences, intentions or changes in activity. Investors watch these signals as early clues about a company’s future revenue, growth or risk, like noticing footprints on a trail before the crowd arrives; they can flag rising demand, declining engagement, or shifts in sentiment sooner than quarterly reports.
From North America to the Asia-Pacific, Ascend 2026 will bring together leaders from the fraud and risk management community to define innovation-led ecommerce growth strategies
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Riskified (NYSE:RSKD), the leader in AI fraud and risk management for ecommerce, has announced that its premier global summit Ascend will once again be held as a global event series in 2026. Kicking off with North America (May) and continuing to Europe (June), Australia (August), China (September), and Japan (October), Ascend will convene each region’s largest merchants, industry experts, and technology leaders to discover the latest AI advancements and innovative strategies to propel ecommerce success.
“Having pioneered using AI to fight ecommerce fraud and policy abuse over the past 10+ years, it’s equally exhilarating as it is concerning to witness the dramatic impact AI and agentic commerce are making on our industry. As risk grows more complex and shopper expectations rise, fraud teams and customer experience leaders can’t afford to sit back: they have to rise up and design the future themselves,” said Jeff Otto, Chief Marketing Officer of Riskified. “Ascend 2026 will explore how real-time intelligence can help merchants prevent fraud with precision, optimize conversions, and reward their best customers, and showcase the technology and community success stories to drive the next era of ecommerce success.”
Ascend 2026 reflects Riskified’s commitment to uniting the broader ecommerce community around innovation and risk intelligence. By connecting merchants with leading practitioners and thought leaders, Ascend provides actionable strategies that turn intelligence into business results.
Ascend North America will take place from May 4-6, 2026, at The Conrad New York Downtown in Manhattan, NY, featuring a multi-day agenda that includes keynotes, panel discussions, and interactive sessions, including:
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Intelligence in motion: AI that protects, predicts, and performs
Digital commerce is entering a new era where intelligence must move faster than fraud and operate across the entire customer journey, not just at checkout. Attendees will see how network-wide intelligence, real-time decisioning, and explainable AI come together to stop fraud earlier, approve more good customers, and deliver measurable business impact. -
Global signals, instant action: A new standard for fraud defense
Fraud evolves and proliferates at alarming speeds, and merchants need defenses that move just as fast. This session will showcase emerging threat vectors, highlight real-world examples of early interception, and illustrate how always-on network signals empower teams to outpace fraudsters instead of reacting to them. -
Who owns the risk when AI pays? The accountability void in agentic commerce
In 2025, agentic commerce rewrote the rules of online shopping and, in the process, opened up new discussions regarding risk and liability. This discussion will examine how agentic commerce is transforming online payments and changing the risk, liability, and conversion playbooks in the process. -
The checkout battleground: Maximizing conversions with dynamic intelligence
In the battleground that is online checkout, one-size-fits-all friction no longer works. This session will illustrate the future of checkout orchestration, powered by behavioral signals, issuer insights, and dynamic logic, that will deliver faster, safer, and more profitable customer experiences. -
Demystifying the decision: How explainable AI is changing fraud decisioning
This session explores the growing importance of explainability in AI-driven risk decisioning, showing how greater transparency into real-time indicators can empower cross-functional teams to act faster and with more confidence. -
Ground control for policy management: AI autonomy meets human strategy
The most innovative merchants are combining AI-driven pattern recognition with flexible human-guided controls to shape customer experiences in real time. This session will explore how teams are using policy intelligence to distinguish loyal shoppers from abusers, adjust controls dynamically based on behavior and business goals, and empower practitioners to apply nuanced judgment without manual overhead.
For the full agenda visit Ascend 2026 North America
Request a seat at Ascend North America
Ascend is an Invite-Only Event. Request for registration is now available for Ascend North America. Additional event locations will open for registration in the coming months.
About Ascend
In its eighth year, Ascend is the premier summit for ecommerce risk management, uniting industry leaders and experts to tackle evolving challenges in fraud prevention and growth strategy. Each gathering features keynotes, panel discussions, and actionable insights to help merchants stay ahead of sophisticated threats while unlocking new opportunities.
About Riskified
Riskified (NYSE: RSKD) empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by outsmarting risk. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists, and researchers, the Riskified ecommerce risk management platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Learn more at www.riskified.com.
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