Shen Xu is an independent AI visibility strategist, researcher, and author based in Shanghai, China. His work focuses on how AI systems influence discovery, evaluation, selection, and increasingly, commercial transactions.
His current research centers on **AI Visibility, Agentic Search Optimization, Decision Authority Economy, Entity Ranking, and Agent-to-Agent Commerce**. Across these areas, he studies how decision authority shifts as AI systems take a larger role in search, recommendation, comparison, selection, and execution.
With more than 20 years of experience in digital marketing, growth strategy, digital consulting, and international market development, Shen has worked with global brands, technology companies, startups, and cross-border businesses. His professional background includes senior strategy roles at multinational agencies, including DigitasLBi, part of Publicis Groupe.
He is the author of *Decision Authority Economy*, *Agentic Search Optimization*, *AI Visibility Marketing*, and *From Search to Agentic Commerce: Attribution Collapse, Agentic Search, Decision Authority, and A2A Markets*.
His recent work examines the progression from **visibility to eligibility, selection, and transaction**, and how businesses may need to become increasingly Agent-Ready as AI systems move from recommending products and services to participating directly in commercial decisions and transactions.
Shen’s research has been published through academic preprints, books, industry publications, and independent research platforms. His broader work explores how visibility, authority, and market power are changing as AI becomes a more active intermediary between businesses, information, and users.
More research and publications: https://shenxuakaekstasis.github.io/
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Shanghai
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Twenty Years Inside China's Technology Ecosystem
Tags: Agentic AI, Entrepreneurship, Generative AI
Will “Agentic Selection Optimization” Become the Next Industry Consensus?
Tags: Agentic AI
