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Industry·Jul 15·all news from July 15, 2026

Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations

Livestream marketplace Whatnot has acquired machine learning startup Shaped to improve its search and product discovery tools. The integration aims to provide more accurate real-time recommendations as the platform expands its inventory into new categories.

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