# Molly Schonthal

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-07**: Beta testing expected around Prime Day — Papa Johns and The Orchard will begin testing the agentic ad format, timed to coincide with Amazon’s Prime Day sales event (exact date to be confirmed).
- **2026-06**: Amazon announces Alexa+ Agentic Ads at Cannes Lions — At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Amazon unveils a new ad format that lets users complete purchases within the ad using natural language conversations powered by the LLM behind Alexa+.
- **2026-05**: Amazon retires Rufus, rolls capabilities into Alexa+ — The standalone Rufus AI shopping assistant is shut down and its features merged into Alexa+, resulting in a unified ‘Alexa for Shopping’ across app, website, and Echo Show.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Amazon’s LLM ad agent holds natural purchase conversations, no scripts used
2026-06-23 06:40:30 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Amazon’s Alexa+ Agentic Ads, announced at Cannes Lions 2026, leverage an LLM to conduct free-flowing purchase dialogues rather than scripted prompts. The AI was refactored after integrating the sunsetted Rufus shopping assistant in May.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/amazon-alexa-agentic-ads-llm-conversational-commerce

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