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Constructor Earns Top Spot in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery for the Second Straight Year

By susanmakolea

SAN FRANCISCO — June 25, 2026

A Second Straight Year of Leadership

Constructor, the leading AI-powered search and product discovery platform for ecommerce companies, has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery — placing furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis and highest on the Ability to Execute axis among all vendors evaluated. This marks the second straight year Constructor has been recognized as a Leader in this Magic Quadrant.

For ecommerce businesses evaluating their technology stacks, this recognition carries significant weight. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant is widely regarded as one of the most rigorous assessments in enterprise technology, and Constructor’s dual-axis leadership signals that the company isn’t simply keeping pace with the market — it’s setting the direction.

A Booming Market Demands Better Discovery

The timing of this recognition matters. The digital commerce search market was valued at approximately $17.41 billion in 2025 and continues to experience rapid growth, driven by increasing demand for personalized search experiences and the rising popularity of digital commerce.

Gartner defines search and product discovery solutions as “applications that augment digital commerce solutions to facilitate navigation, filtering, comparisons and, ultimately, selection of products.” The report also highlights that conversational search and guided selling assistants are now emerging alongside generative AI.

Why Ecommerce Businesses Should Pay Attention

For online retailers, product discovery has evolved from a functional requirement into a strategic revenue lever. As of October 2025, the average global storewide conversion rate hovers at around 1.58%. Even modest improvements in how shoppers find products can translate into substantial revenue gains — and that’s precisely where AI-driven discovery platforms create value.

The Engine Behind Constructor’s Rise

At the core of Constructor’s platform sits its Commerce Reasoning Engine, which continuously learns from shopper behavior to personalize the shopping experience for every buyer. Purpose-built for ecommerce, the engine uses GenAI-based reasoning for every query to determine the right product for the right person in the right context.

Multi-Channel Orchestration

Constructor’s customers use the platform to orchestrate discovery across search, browse, recommendations, agentic commerce (including conversational shopping through AI agents), retail media, emails, push notifications, and various offsite channels. This multi-channel capability addresses a growing industry need, as 34% of US customers said they were comfortable with the concept of agentic ecommerce in 2025, with Gen Z and millennial shoppers showing significantly higher comfort levels around AI-assisted purchasing.

“AI is rapidly changing how people shop today, and the channels through which they shop,” said Constructor CEO and co-founder Eli Finkelshteyn. “Buyers increasingly expect connected experiences that understand them and tailor to them, adapt to their needs, and help them find the right products with less effort.”

Momentum Across Every Metric

Constructor’s Gartner positioning arrives alongside an unusual concentration of industry recognition and growth milestones.

The company has earned leadership designations from the three major analyst firms: Constructor was also recognized as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Agentic AI, 2026, and was the only vendor recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Search and Product Discovery report. It also earned Leader status in The Forrester Wave™ and the IDC MarketScape for retail GenAI-driven product discovery.

The operational numbers reinforce the story:

  • Constructor grew its customer base by 82% year-over-year.
  • The platform powered 322 billion product discovery interactions last year — more than 10,000 personalized shopping experiences per second.
  • Constructor was named to Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” in retail list and won “Retail Company of the Year” in the American Business Awards® for the second consecutive year.
  • The company finished the year with 96% gross revenue retention, signaling that customers who adopt Constructor overwhelmingly stay with it.

What’s Next for Product Discovery

Constructor recently expanded its agentic AI capabilities with conversational shopping experiences that answer buyers’ “last-mile” questions, as well as new tools that help merchandising teams better understand product discovery performance, surface opportunities, and automate next steps.

Ecommerce leverages AI to enhance customer experiences with personalized recommendations, automate customer service via chatbots, and optimize operations. The AI ecommerce market worldwide reached a valuation of $8.65 billion in 2025 and is expected to hit $22.60 billion by 2032.

For ecommerce businesses, the question isn’t whether to invest in AI-driven product discovery. It’s how quickly they can deploy it. With a platform processing over 10,000 personalized experiences per second and recognition from every major analyst firm, Constructor has made its case. The discovery is clear: intelligent search and product discovery isn’t a nice-to-have — it’s the engine driving the next era of online commerce.

This has been produced in cooperation with Content Cucumber
https://www.contentcucumber.com/

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