Shopify has introduced Canvas, a new visual workspace that lets merchants build and customise online stores through conversations with its AI agent, Sidekick. The tool expands Shopify’s existing AI capabilities into a broader store-building environment. Previously, merchants could use Sidekick for coding, theme customisation, and app creation. Canvas Brings AI Into Store Design Canvas displays a store’s templates in a single interactive workspace. Merchants can therefore move across pages, zoom in on individual sections, and review the overall design.