--- title: "Claude Completes the Entire \"Negotiation and Transaction\" Process: Anthropic Quietly Tests E-commerce" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/284129108.md" description: "AI enters the heart of e-commerce. Internal experiments by Anthropic on \"Project Deal\" show that Claude autonomously completed 186 transactions totaling over $4,000 in a real-world environment, demonstrating full negotiation capabilities without human intervention. Following the news, eBay's stock fell sharply by 4.5% in a single day, sparking growing market panic over the potential disruption of traditional e-commerce" datetime: "2026-04-27T00:18:08.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/284129108.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/284129108.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/284129108.md) --- # Claude Completes the Entire "Negotiation and Transaction" Process: Anthropic Quietly Tests E-commerce AI is making a fierce advance; is the next target the e-commerce industry? An internal experiment released recently by Anthropic reveals that AI agents can now independently conduct negotiations and transactions in real market environments, offering a glimpse into the nascent form of the "agent economy." The experiment, named "Project Deal," was quietly launched by Anthropic last Friday. The company's AI model, Claude, represented employees to complete buying, selling, and price negotiations within a closed market involving real funds. Results showed that the Claude agent facilitated 186 transactions out of over 500 listed items, with a total transaction value exceeding $4,000. Following the announcement, eBay's stock closed down approximately 4.5% on the day. Market observers directly linked this decline to the release of "Project Deal," arguing that the autonomous trading capability demonstrated by the experiment poses a potential threat to traditional e-commerce platforms reliant on human intermediaries. ## AI Agents Complete Real Transactions Autonomously According to an introduction posted by Anthropic on social platform X, the company established an internal market based on Slack within its San Francisco office and endowed the Claude agent with the negotiation functions for both buyers and sellers. Claude first interviewed 69 employees to understand their buying/selling intentions and personalized instructions, then proceeded to negotiate independently. Anthropic simultaneously ran four parallel markets to test performance differences among different models in negotiations. Results indicated that model capabilities significantly impacted transaction outcomes—in simulated scenarios where the Opus and Haiku models faced off, the Opus model achieved notably better negotiation results than Haiku. Notably, the participating employees did not perceive this gap. Anthropic stated that the purpose of this experiment was to present the early form of AI-to-AI business interactions, signaling the arrival of an "agent economy" where AI bots negotiate with each other and autonomously seek prices. ## E-commerce Stocks Under Pressure as Market Worries Spread Following the release of "Project Deal," concerns about AI technology disrupting traditional e-commerce models quickly intensified. Polymarket Money posted on social media stating, "eBay's management is paying attention to this development," attaching relevant screenshots, which triggered widespread reposting. eBay's stock subsequently fell approximately 4.5% at the New York close on that day. While the impact of AI on the software industry has already been evident, the autonomous trading capability demonstrated in this experiment has led the market to begin re-evaluating the potential influence of AI on the business models of e-commerce platforms. It is worth noting that Anthropic chose to quietly release this research report on Friday afternoon—a time when market attention was highly scattered due to the US-Iran situation over the past two months—yet the resulting market reaction remained swift and direct. ### Related Stocks - [EBAY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EBAY.US.md) - [EBIZ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EBIZ.US.md) - [IBUY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IBUY.US.md) - [XRT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XRT.US.md) - [ONLN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ONLN.US.md) - [RTH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/RTH.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Is Anthropic Coming For eBay?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/284121492.md) - [Is eBay’s (EBAY) Australia Post Deal a Small Perk or a Bigger Seller-Engagement Shift?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/283514553.md) - [You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze](https://longbridge.com/en/news/283846930.md) - [Anthropic AI Finds 2,000 Flaws as Microsoft (MSFT) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Race to Respond](https://longbridge.com/en/news/284110853.md) - [Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating](https://longbridge.com/en/news/283878987.md)