Replit Agent can now buy supplies and run Google Ads for your business

Felix Laurent 12 Nov 2026 3 min read

AI agents

Replit Agent can now buy supplies for a business and run its Google ads. Replit announced both features on November 12. Purchases go through Link, the payment wallet built by Stripe, together with Visa. The ads run through Google Ads on Search, YouTube, Display and Discover.

Until now, Replit Agent mostly built software from plain-language requests. The new features let it do more of the work a founder faces after launch. Replit says the owner stays in full control of every dollar the agent spends.

How Replit Agent buys for a business

A founder can ask the agent something like "find 50 shipping boxes that fit this product, under $75 including delivery". The agent uses what it knows about the product to find options. A browser subagent then opens the store's website, picks the product options and fills the cart.

Nothing is charged until the owner approves the final total. The browser comes from Browserbase, so Replit does not need a separate integration with each store. If a site asks for a login, the owner can take over the browser and then hand it back.

Replit lists several safeguards:

the browser session is isolated from everything else;
the agent stops at checkout and never gets open-ended permission to spend;
shell access and general browsing are switched off during payment;
approval checks are enforced in code, so the model cannot skip them.

The payment itself runs on two partners.

What Link and Visa do in the purchase

Link is Stripe's consumer payment network, with more than 300 million users worldwide. The owner picks a saved payment method in Link and approves the total. Link then handles a payment limited to that one approved purchase, so the agent never sees the card details.

Visa supplies the payment infrastructure for transactions started by an agent. "Visa provides the trust, control, and safeguards that help ensure agents transact within the boundaries people set," said Rubail Birwadker, Visa's global head of growth.

The partnership has a history. Visa invested in Replit in May, and the two companies said then they would work on agent payments. This is the first product to come out of that deal.

Agentic Commerce is open to Replit Core and Pro users in the US. For now it only supports one-time purchases.

How Replit Agent runs Google Ads

The second feature brings Google Ads into the Replit chat. Users can connect an existing Google Ads account or have the agent create one. The agent studies the app or website, writes ad copy, generates images and suggests a daily budget. The owner reviews everything and launches the campaign.

Replit gives an example request from a founder who sells bid-writing software. It reads "Get us in front of contractors who bid on public projects. I'm willing to spend $40 a day for 30 days". The owner sets the goal, targeting, budget and landing page, and the agent fills in the rest.

There is one advantage over standalone ad tools. Because the agent built the app, it can add the conversion tracking that ads need. Founders can then measure results by sign-ups and sales, not just clicks.

Ads with Google are available now for Pro users worldwide.

Why Replit is moving into running businesses

Replit wants to help founders after the code is written. It says the number of founders who connect their Replit apps to Stripe for payments has grown ninefold since May. Its agent can already incorporate a company, take payments, find sales leads, watch app security and improve SEO.

The company calls this the "Self-Driving Company", a plan it laid out in October with Replit for Business. In this model, agents do more of the running work, and people focus on strategy and ideas. Replit cites founders such as Austin Eckman. His Replit-built shop brought in $170,000 in 30 days, with a return on ad spend of about four times.

Agents that spend money are spreading fast. SpaceXSI gave its Grok Bot X Money payments in October, while some banks block AI agents from their sites. Replit has also worked on safety, from its sandbox microVMs for agent work.

Should founders let Replit Agent spend their money

For small purchases and first ad campaigns, it is a reasonable bet. The design keeps humans in charge: every purchase needs approval of the final total, and the payment is limited to that one order. Card details stay inside Link. For founders who have never run ads, an agent that sets up tracking and suggests budgets lowers the barrier a lot.

The limits matter, though. Commerce works only in the US, only for one-time purchases, and only on paid plans. Browser agents can still pick the wrong item or fail on complex stores, and the success stories come from Replit itself. Founders should start with small budgets and check every checkout before they trust the agent with more.