Re: Agent payments protocol? (AP2)

Hi Ben,

Thanks for reaching out. From the Google Chrome side, we are aware of this
proposal - we weren't directly involved in its creation but we did and do
talk to the teams involved :). We're still evaluating whether there is any
need or benefit from the browser being specifically involved and/or any web
standards being built around AP2 or similar proposals. I expect we will (as
a WG) heavily discuss both AP2 and agentic payments in general at TPAC, and
potentially in upcoming WPWG sessions  before then (though unfortunately I
will miss both Sept 25th and Oct 9th!).

Happy to chat further (on thread or in WPWG) if folks have questions,
comments, etc :).

Thanks,
Stephen

On Mon, 22 Sept 2025 at 13:08, Ben Kelly <wanderview@meta.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Someone pointed me to this recent proposal from the Google Cloud org:
>
>
> https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocol
> https://ap2-protocol.org/specification/
>
> Does anyone on this list has context about how this effort might intersect
> with agent commerce on the web?  I don’t see much reference to browsers or
> the web in these docs, so I was wondering how involved the Google Chrome
> team was in this effort.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ben
>