Enterprise Software

Shopify

High87% confidenceProfile verified Jul 28, 2026
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Shopify provides e-commerce software that powers online stores for millions of independent merchants, positioning itself as an alternative to selling through Amazon's marketplace. Shopify's Q1 2026 revenue rose 34% year-over-year to $3.17 billion with gross merchandise volume hitting $101 billion; weekly active shops using its Sidekick AI assistant were up 385% year-over-year, with roughly 42% of merchants now using AI features and AI-attributed orders growing 11x over the prior year.

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Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

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Sources

Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.

Evidence

3 sources · 1 government/SEC filing · 82% avg. source confidence

Latest Activity

Insider Filing Activity

0Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days0 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Jul 28, 2026

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Dependency Map

What Shopify depends on below, and who depends on Shopify above — click any node to make it the new center, 2 levels deep.

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Feb 2026: Shopify Inc. FY2025 Annual Report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC→May 2026: Shopify's Sidekick usage surges 385% as AI-driven orders grow 11x→May 2026: Shopify's Q1 2026 revenue rises 34% to $3.17B as AI-driven traffic surges 8x

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Shopify's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of Shopify's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Jan 2006 · Founded

    Shopify was founded, later positioning itself as the leading independent alternative to selling through Amazon's marketplace.

  2. 2026-Q1 · Sidekick AI usage surges 385%

    Shopify's Q1 2026 revenue rose 34% to $3.17 billion as weekly active shops using its Sidekick AI assistant grew 385% year-over-year.