2025-10-15T14:58:49Z
Walmart shares rose on Wednesday, extending a rally to all-time highs in Tuesday’s session.
The stock is getting a big boost from a partnership with OpenAI for online shopping.
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The move: Walmart stocks extended a big rally on Wednesday, pushing further into record territory after closing Tuesday’s session at an all-time high. Shares are up 19% in 2025.
Why: The stock popped almost 1% on Wednesday after rallying 5% the day before to close at $107.21. Driving the gains was an announcement that the retail giant had inked a partnership with OpenAI to allow customers to buy items directly through ChatGPT and interact with the chatbot on Walmart and Sam’s Club websites.
“For many years now, eCommerce shopping experiences have consisted of a search bar and a long list of item responses,” Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart Inc., said in a statement. “That is about to change.”
What it means: It’s another example in OpenAI’s growing web of partnerships that span vast swaths of industry and commerce. The ChatGPT maker isn’t just cutting deals with the biggest tech players; it’s also deepening its roots in areas of the economy trafficked by everyday Americans, in this case, online shopping.
It’s also an illustration of how AI is reshaping common experiences for people. As Business Insider’s Dominick Reuter and Katherline Li note, Walmart’s partnership with OpenAI could pave the way for so-called agentic AI in e-commerce, referring to an AI agent doing your shopping and checkout for you based on a set of queries and inputs.
