Business NewsShopify’s AI tools triple traffic, lift Q2 profits and revenueShopify AI tools triple trafficPhoto: The Canadian Press Shopify Inc. headquarters signage in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. "Now, whether commerce is handled by humans or agents, whether stores are built by people or AI, Shopify runs underneath it all," he told analysts on a call Wednesday. In his company's second quarter, the amount of traffic and purchases AI drove to businesses using Shopify software tripled from the year before. Small businesses, which make up the majority of Shopify customers, have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of the shift toward AI, Finkelstein said. It recorded US$3.58 billion in revenue in the quarter, up from US$2.68 billion in the second quarter of 2025.