--- title: "Meta Muse: agent surface profile | Agent Ready Checkout" description: "Meta Muse: Meta's personal AI agent, launched in the US on 8 Sep 2026. Matrix status, facts and sources. Every claim has a source and a read date." canonical: https://agentreadycheckout.com/surfaces/meta-muse site: "Agent Ready Checkout" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Agent surfaces" --- # Meta Muse: agent surface profile | Agent Ready Checkout > Meta Muse: Meta's personal AI agent, launched in the US on 8 Sep 2026. Matrix status, facts and sources. Every claim has a source and a read date. Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/surfaces/meta-muse Site: Agent Ready Checkout Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 Agent surface profile # Meta Muse In short Meta's personal AI agent, launched in the US on 8 Sep 2026. It checks out with Stripe Link's agent wallet (one-time cards), with Shop Pay and PayPal announced later. Announced but not yet live: UCP. Link for agents (live): Muse checks out with Link's agent wallet: saved method at Link merchants, single-use virtual card elsewhere. US only. ## Fact sheet Type Agent surface Operator Meta Homepage [about.fb.com](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/) Matrix reach 1 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced, 0 not supported, 10 with no statement found ## The column in full: every protocol | Protocol | Status | Note | Source and read date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ACP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | UCP | announced | WSJ via AI Weekly: Shopify says Muse will complete Shopify orders through UCP by default. No Meta statement found. | aiweekly.co, 4 Nov 2026 | | AP2 | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Visa TAP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Visa IC | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Mastercard Agent Pay | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Agent Pay for Machines | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Amex ACE | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | x402 | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | MPP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Link for agents | live | Muse checks out with Link's agent wallet: saved method at Link merchants, single-use virtual card elsewhere. US only. | stripe.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | Verifiable Intent | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | about.fb.com, 4 Nov 2026 | | | | 1 live or pilot of 12 | | | | ## What Meta Muse does not do - Meta does not say Muse uses ACP for checkout, despite Meta being an ACP maintainer. - Muse cannot shop on Amazon.com since Amazon's block of 20 Sep 2026. - Meta's announcement does not state how Muse identifies itself to websites. ## Sourced facts - Meta announced Muse on 8 Sep 2026 as a personal agent that can email, book travel, fill forms and buy, rolling out in the US on iOS, Android and muse.ai. [about.fb.com](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/), read 4 Nov 2026. - Meta says Muse checks out through Link by Stripe and is 'the first AI agent covered by Link's purchase protections'; Shop Pay was listed as coming soon. [about.fb.com](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/), read 4 Nov 2026. - Stripe says Muse checks out with a US consumer's saved Link payment method at over 1 million Link-accepting businesses, and elsewhere Link issues a single-use virtual card scoped to the approved purchase. [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-helps-meta-muse-shop-with-link), read 4 Nov 2026. - Stripe says users approve the transaction total in the chat and Muse never sees the underlying payment details. [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-helps-meta-muse-shop-with-link), read 4 Nov 2026. - Meta says Muse is free for most uses with subscription plans for more; it publishes no merchant fee. [about.fb.com](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/), read 4 Nov 2026. - CNBC reported PayPal was announced as a Muse payment provider but not yet available as of 3 Oct 2026. [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/03/meta-muse-shopping-ai-agent.html), read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press - Shopify said Muse will query the Shopify Catalog by default and complete orders through UCP, per an AI Weekly report citing WSJ. [aiweekly.co](https://aiweekly.co/fr/alerts/shopify-branche-muse-de-meta-sur-son-catalog-et-ucp-par-dfaut), read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press - Meta was added as an ACP lead maintainer (TSC member) on 24 Apr 2026. [github.com](https://github.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md), read 4 Nov 2026. - Meta has a seat on the UCP Shopping Tech Council. [github.com](https://github.com/Universal-Commerce-Protocol/.github/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md), read 4 Nov 2026. - Amazon began blocking Muse from Amazon.com on 20 Sep 2026, citing its terms that agents must identify themselves. [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/21/amazon-blocks-metas-muse-agent-from-shopping-on-users-behalf/), read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press ## In the vendors section - [Meta (Muse)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/meta-muse), agent surface profile ## Compare and alternatives - [Meta Muse vs Amazon Rufus](https://agentreadycheckout.com/compare/meta-muse-vs-amazon-rufus-and-buy-for-me) ## Sources 1. [Introducing Muse](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/), read 4 Nov 2026 2. [Stripe helps Muse shop across the internet with Link](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-helps-meta-muse-shop-with-link), read 4 Nov 2026 3. [Meta Muse shopping: how checkout, payments and privacy work](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/03/meta-muse-shopping-ai-agent.html), read 4 Nov 2026 4. [Shopify branche Muse de Meta sur son Catalog et UCP par defaut](https://aiweekly.co/fr/alerts/shopify-branche-muse-de-meta-sur-son-catalog-et-ucp-par-dfaut), read 4 Nov 2026 5. [ACP MAINTAINERS.md](https://github.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md), read 4 Nov 2026 6. [UCP central MAINTAINERS.md](https://github.com/Universal-Commerce-Protocol/.github/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md), read 4 Nov 2026 7. [Amazon blocks Meta's Muse agent from shopping on users' behalf](https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/21/amazon-blocks-metas-muse-agent-from-shopping-on-users-behalf/), read 4 Nov 2026 Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026 ## Edition Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [7 sources](#sources-h). ## Method [How cells, sources and read dates are defined](https://agentreadycheckout.com/method)