mate Launches Text-Based AI Shopping Agent Ahead of Black Friday
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mate, a free AI shopping agent on iMessage and WhatsApp, negotiates cashback & discounts at 200,000+ US stores and completes checkout.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, November 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- mate (mate.fm) today launched an AI shopping agent that people simply text. Shoppers message mate on iMessage or WhatsApp and it negotiates guaranteed cashback and discounts at more than 200,000 US stores, checks out for them, and tracks every package to the door. mate is free, and there is no app to download.
The launch lands as AI agents become the breakout consumer story of the year. Meta's Muse agent passed 10 million users in its first six weeks, with shopping one of its most common uses. Yet early agents have struggled at the moment that matters: they scrape sites they have no relationship with, guess at prices, and can't deliver savings.
mate is built for the part they miss. Tell it what you want and it goes to work on the purchase, start to finish:
• Guaranteed cashback and discounts negotiated with the brand at 200,000+ US stores
• Cashback sent automatically on every purchase
• Checkout handled for you, with no forms to fill in
• Package tracking by text ("where's my order?"), with family members added to delivery alerts
• Snap a photo of something you love and mate finds it
• Referral links so shoppers earn when they share what they bought
"Everyone is racing to build an AI agent that can shop, but most of them are knocking on the store's front door from the outside," said Harry Dixon, co-founder and CEO of mate. "mate is built from the inside. One text, and you get the deal, the cashback and the checkout done for you."
Why mate is different
What sets mate apart is what sits underneath it. mate runs on the infrastructure of Checkmate, the shopping and cashback app that reached #1 on the US App Store and is used by millions of shoppers, with direct integrations into thousands of stores. Because those brands already work with the team directly, mate can secure rewards shoppers can't find on their own, rather than pointing them at a public coupon that may not work.
"We've spent three years building the relationships inside the store," Dixon added. "The interface for shopping is moving from apps to conversations. People already text their friends for recommendations. Now they can text a mate that actually goes and gets them the best price."
The team behind it
mate is built by the founding team of Checkmate and backed by Google Ventures (GV) and DST Global, alongside angel investors including the former CEO of Pinterest, the former CEO of Grindr and early members of Meta's team, who have backed the company to build the next wave of shopping.
mate launches ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the busiest shopping weeks of the year. Instead of juggling tabs, hunting for codes and remembering to claim cashback, shoppers can hand their holiday list to mate in a single text thread.
mate is available today in the US at mate.fm.
A preview of mate in action is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmBe7WhrK4.
About mate
mate is an AI shopping agent people text on iMessage or WhatsApp. It negotiates guaranteed cashback and discounts at 200,000+ US stores, checks out on the shopper's behalf and tracks packages, all for free. mate is built by the team behind Checkmate and backed by GV and DST Global. Learn more at mate.fm.
About mate
Mate is the offers and shopping app that reached #1 on the US App Store and grew into a shopping network used by millions of shoppers across the US, Canada and Australia, with thousands of stores integrated directly. Learn more at joincheckmate.com.
Harry Dixon
Checkmate Intelligence, Inc
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