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AI and the Shop of the Future: How Fabrication Could Look by 2030
By Jason Kamery
Thryve AI
July 6, 2026
From personal AI agents shopping for countertops to customers templating their own kitchens with a smartphone, the stone shop of 2030 may look very different from the shop of today. That is the vision laid out by Rich Katzmann of Thrive Innovations, who joined the Stone World Podcast to discuss his company’s recent report on the future of the stone shop.
Katzmann has spent a dozen years in the industry, starting with laser templating products bef