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Google's A2A protocol moves to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation

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Google's Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol was transferred to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation (host of MCP, AGENTS.md and goose; 250+ members) (Axios exclusive)

Why it matters

With MCP and A2A unified under a single neutral foundation, the governance of agent standards is reorganized around a foundation

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Pressaxios.comhttps://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/a2a-agentic-ai-foundation-open-ai-standards

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  1. Previous stopMCP Dev Summit North America 2026 (New York, 1,200 attendees)
  2. This recordGoogle's A2A protocol moves to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation
  3. Next stopAnthropic releases Model Hardware Standard (MHS) as a research preview
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