Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Shopify powers commerce for millions of merchants worldwide, and Hydrogen is its framework for building headless storefronts. The Shopify team is partnering with Vercel to rebuild Hydrogen from the ground up. The new version is open source and runtime agnostic so developers can build with Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, or any framework they choose. As a result, storefronts that once required custom glue code now ship with best practices built in, from type-safe API clients to cart state in a single import.
▲ Chapters
0:00 One pitch, two companies: opening up headless commerce
0:21 From merchant to Shopify: fixing headless firsthand
0:39 The new Hydrogen and the Vercel × Shopify partnership
1:15 The rise of agents: one consistent API for agentic shoppers
1:37 An open invitation to developers and creators
▲ Follow Vercel
X → https://x.com/vercel
LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/vercel
GitHub → github.com/vercel
Shopify powers commerce for millions of merchants worldwide, and Hydrogen is its framework for building headless storefronts. The Shopify team is partnering with Vercel to rebuild Hydrogen from the ground up. The new version is open source and runtime agnostic so developers can build with Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, or any framework they choose. As a result, storefronts that once required custom glue code now ship with best practices built in, from type-safe API clients to cart state in a single import.
▲ Chapters
0:00 One pitch, two companies: opening up headless commerce
0:21 From merchant to Shopify: fixing headless firsthand
0:39 The new Hydrogen and the Vercel × Shopify partnership
1:15 The rise of agents: one consistent API for agentic shoppers
1:37 An open invitation to developers and creators
▲ Follow Vercel
X → https://x.com/vercel
LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/vercel
GitHub → github.com/vercel
