Building AI Agents for Southeast Asia: The Commerce Data Problem Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world. Shopee and Lazada dominate. Tokopedia, JD.ID, and dozens of local platforms compete. And increasingly, developers are building AI agents to help consumers navigate all of this. But there is a gap: where does an AI agent get its product data? The SEA Commerce Data Landscape Building a shopping agent for Southeast Asia means dealing with: Multiple platforms : Shopee, Lazada, Tokopedia, Harvey Norman, Courts, and more Real-time pricing : prices change constantly, especially during sales Multi-language product listings : English, Bahasa, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese Regional availability : a product available in Singapore may not be in Malaysia Most developers who try to solve this end up building scrapers. It is understandable — the data is right there on the product pages. But scrapers are fragile, violate ToS, and break constantly.…