# Shopify Puts Non-Transformer AI Into Production, CTO Calls It First of Its Kind

- slug: shopify-puts-non-transformer-ai-into-production-cto-calls-it-first-of-its-kind
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Shopify dropped $250 million on a non-transformer AI architecture, then spent a year waiting for it to prove itself. Its CTO just went on record saying it works.

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