Google, PayPal partner to launch AI-powered solutions across platforms

Google and PayPal have entered a multi-year strategic partnership to bring new AI shopping and payment experiences to their users. PayPal’s digital payments company's solutions, including PayPal-branded checkout, Hyperwallet and Payouts solutions, will now be integrated into a range of Google products. According to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, PayPal will use Google’s industry-leading AI to enhance services and security.

"Through this partnership, PayPal will use our industry-leading AI to enhance services and security, and we will more deeply integrate PayPal's innovative payment capabilities for a better experience across Google products and platforms,” said Sundar Pichai.

PayPal's Enterprise Payments will be a key payment provider, processing card payments across products such as Google Cloud and Google Play, among others.

Earlier this month, PayPal said it has partnered with Perplexity to provide its users early access to the company's new AI-powered Comet browser through a 12-month trial of its Pro subscription. The AI startup provides artificial intelligence search tools that deliver information summaries to users.

Srini Venkatesan, PayPal’s Chief Technology Officer, said the partnership would “accelerate innovation” and enable the delivery of “more intelligent experiences” to users. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian described the collaboration as “a powerful example of what’s possible when two leaders join forces,” underscoring a shared mission to expand the reach of generative AI across industries, as per Reuters.

The move highlights the growing momentum behind the integration of generative AI into core business functions. From fraud prevention and customer service to software development and productivity tools, such collaborations point towards a future where intelligent automation becomes standard across technology and financial services.