Walmart (the largest retailer in history) just put an eCommerce and supply chain executive in charge of a $500 billion business with 4,600 physical stores.

If more than 70% of your revenue comes from Amazon, listen to this.

In this episode of the High Voltage Business Builders Podcast, Neil breaks down Walmart’s AI-first transformation, its ChatGPT and Google Gemini integrations, the $2.3B Vizio acquisition, and why Amazon-only strategies are now a massive platform risk.

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In This Episode, We Cover:

✅ Why Walmart putting an eCommerce executive in charge changes everything

✅ What Walmart’s AI pivot means for the future of retail

✅ How ChatGPT and Google Gemini now enable native Walmart checkout

✅ Why Walmart’s 95% 3-hour delivery coverage is a structural advantage

✅ How Vizio gives Walmart a closed-loop advertising ecosystem

✅ Why single-channel Amazon strategies are now platform risk

✅ The operator playbook for diversifying before the window closes

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📍 Chapters

00:00 Walmart just declared war

02:00 The leadership shift that changes retail

03:00 Why this appointment would have been unthinkable five years ago05:00 Walmart as an AI-first tech company

06:00 ChatGPT and Gemini integrations explained

07:30 The $2.3B Vizio acquisition and connected TV advertising

09:00 Walmart’s trillion-dollar market cap moment

10:30 Why Amazon-only brands are exposed

12:00 Walmart’s fulfillment advantage Amazon cannot replicate

14:00 The operator diversification playbook

16:00 Where eCommerce is actually going in 2026

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