Sidekick is an AI Shopify expert
· 52 min · Episode 299
Episode Sidekick is an AI Shopify expert
Today, Chris explores Shopify Magic and other AI offerings with Mike Tamir, Distinguished ML Engineer and Head of Machine Learning, and Matt Colyer, Director of Product Management for Sidekick. They talk about how Shopify uses generative AI and LLMs to enhance their products, and they take a deeper dive into Sidekick, a first-of-its-kind, AI-enabled commerce assistant that understands a merchant’s business (products, orders, customers) and has been trained to know all about Shopify.
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Featuring:
• Mike Tamir – LinkedIn • Matt Colyer – LinkedIn, X • Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Show Notes:
• Shopify • Shopify’s Winter Edition ’25
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Links in the notes 13
- https://fly.io/
- https://fly.io/speedrun/
- https://www.timescale.com
- https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketamir
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcolyer
- https://x.com/mcolyer
- https://chrisbenson.com
- https://github.com/chrisbenson
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbenson
- https://x.com/chrisbenson
- https://shopify.com
- https://practicalai.fm/webinars
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