Second Executive Lunch Event – Singapore
September 4, 2026 | 2:00 PM (GMT -12:00)
2nd Executive lunch
Anchanto hosted its second edition of Executive Lunch Series in Singapore on Autonomous Commerce bringing together senior commerce and supply chain leaders from Tiffany & Co., Puma, Oatside, Luxasia, Stanley Black & Decker, Reckitt, Coca-Cola, Metagenics, Haleon and QAF.
The session was hosted by Anirudh Venkat, Country Head, Singapore & Australia, alongside Vishal Desai, Chief Revenue Officer, and Ajay Veeraraghavan, Chief Product Officer.
These global, multi-channel brands, all navigating how to run commerce across dozens of channels and markets without complexity eating into margins, came together for an honest conversation on where AI is taking ecommerce operations. These were the three key takeaways from the discussion.
- AI models are outpacing what businesses do with them. In the 30 days to mid-July 2026 alone, 11 new models were released with a recorded release date. This was up from roughly one major release every 6–12 months in 2023 to several releases per month in 2026. The gap between the pace of model progress and businesses’ ability to deploy at scale keeps widening.
- Autonomy has already proven itself at scale elsewhere. Waymo has passed 220 million fully driverless miles through March 2026, JPMorgan’s COIN has cut 360,000 lawyer/loan-officer hours a year and Zipline has completed 2.5 million lifetime autonomous deliveries as of July 2026, proof points that commerce can follow.
- Autonomy arrives one mode at a time, and every decision it touches has a financial consequence. Most businesses are still at the “Assist” stage, with AI recommending and people approving. As decisions move from assist to augment to delegate to autonomous, they compound into real shifts in revenue, gross margin, operating cost, and working capital.
The conversation doesn’t end here. We’re bringing together another group of senior leaders in Singapore on 8th October to continue the discussion.
If you’d like to be part of the conversation, reach out to:
Anirudh Venkat — Country Head, Singapore & Australia – anirudh.venkat@anchanto.com
Jonna Villegas — Sales Development Representative – jonna.villegas@anchanto.com
Nicolas Pouplard — Enterprise Sales Manager – nicolas.pouplard@anchanto.com