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Zenvia pilots AI sales agents for conversational commerce, targets year-end launch

Customers pay per conversation session rather than per token, and Zenvia chooses the models behind each agent, Mobile Time reports.

Source: Mobile Time

Zenvia is piloting a conversational commerce product built on AI sales agents and expects to launch it at the end of this year, Chief Technology Officer José Roberto de Oliveira told Mobile Time. He described it as an evolution of the company's existing sales platform: a conversational, omnichannel interface where, in his words, everything from building the cart to payment will happen inside the conversation.

Oliveira said generative AI use in chatbots built on Zenvia's platform grew 200% in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 2025. Zenvia uses AI to analyze shoppers' browsing data across each brand's digital touchpoints, so an agent can infer where a customer came from from their recent clicks instead of asking, he said.

The platform lets brands set up a team of agents split by specific tasks, which Oliveira compared to a squad. Zenvia picks the AI models behind each agent, and customers pay per conversation session rather than per token, according to Mobile Time.

Read the full article at Mobile Time

Our take

Per-session pricing gives brands selling over chat a predictable AI cost line, though Zenvia has not disclosed session prices or which models it uses.

  • Ask how a session is defined and what it costs at your conversation volume.
  • Check which payment providers will handle checkout inside the chat.
  • Watch whether the year-end launch date holds after the pilot.

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Key takeaways

  1. Zenvia is piloting AI sales agents and expects a launch at the end of 2026
  2. Customers will pay per conversation session, not per token, Mobile Time reports
  3. Zenvia says generative AI use in its chatbots grew 200% in H1 year over year