Most people buying their first AI agent ask the wrong question. They ask "is this for my industry?" The answer is yes, but the question misses the point. A Nexus is one architecture and infinite customisation. Here is what you actually get for $4,999 plus $299 a month.

In 2025, I bet my entire AI business on Claude. Not ChatGPT, not Gemini — Claude. At the time it was the contrarian choice. In April 2026, Shopify made Claude Code the recommended agent for their official AI Toolkit. This is the story of why I picked Claude before the market did, what it's actually like building a production business on Anthropic's stack, and why the merchants paying attention to the tooling layer are the ones who'll dominate the next two years.