Shopify Brings AI Agent Sidekick Into Early-Access Canvas Store Builder

Shopify has introduced Canvas, an early-access storefront editor that lets merchants create and customize online-store themes by working with its AI assistant Sidekick while previewing changes before they go live. The tool moves Shopify’s AI strategy deeper into store design: merchants can describe a brand, ask for theme changes in natural language, edit blocks and text directly, and publish only after review.