Sept 17 (Reuters) - Google and PayPal ( PYPL ) have

entered a multi-year strategic partnership to bring new AI

shopping and payment experiences to their users, the companies

said on Wednesday.

PayPal's ( PYPL ) shares ticked up over 3% in late afternoon trading.

The digital payments company's solutions, including

PayPal ( PYPL )-branded checkout, Hyperwallet and Payouts solutions, will

now be integrated into a range of Google products.

"Through this partnership, PayPal ( PYPL ) will use our

industry-leading AI to enhance services and security, and we

will more deeply integrate PayPal's ( PYPL ) innovative payment

capabilities for a better experience across Google products and

platforms,"  said Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet

.

PayPal's ( PYPL ) Enterprise Payments will be a key payment provider,

processing card payments across products such as Google Cloud

and Google Play, among others.

Earlier this month, PayPal ( PYPL ) said it has partnered with

Perplexity to provide its users early access to the company's

new AI-powered Comet browser through a 12-month trial of its Pro

subscription. The AI startup provides artificial intelligence

search tools that deliver information summaries to users.