Google Cloud has officially donated its Agent2Agent, or A2A, protocol to the well-known, nonprofit Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation has now announced a brand new community-driven project that is called the Agent2Agent Project. A2A was originally developed by Google Cloud as a protocol specification, SDK, and also a complete tooling set. The protocol allows all artificial intelligence agents from different vendors to discover each other, share their capabilities, and securely collaborate.
With the AI ecosystem evolving rapidly, the need for interoperability and seamless cross-service automation becomes much more critical. This is why Google originally developed A2A and was soon joined by many other major big tech players. This includes companies like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco, SAP, and also the company known as ServiceNow. However, to avoid fragmentation, Google Cloud decided to hand off A2A to the nonprofit Linux Foundation.
This very significant move is designed to accelerate the adoption and the development of the important A2A protocol.
The Linux Foundation provides neutral governance, legal, operational, and also many different kinds of technical support. A2A is now a formal Linux Foundation project with its own GitHub repository and online user and developer community. Google’s original specifications, SDKs, and tooling have now been completely transferred to the nonprofit open source software organization.
There are now over one hundred different companies that currently support A2A and the new open source project. The Linux Foundation is expected to coordinate their contribution and also all of their testing and development efforts. The organization has stated it will focus on real-world use, prioritizing security, extensibility, and also enterprise usability. This development lays the ground for the next generation of AI products, potentially enabling smarter AI experiences.
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