New Video: Agent-to-Agent Communication & Payment Protocols
Hi Austin LangChain Community,
Ryan Booth's presentation on Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication and the Agent Payment Protocol (AP2) from our October showcase is now available!
🎥 Watch the Full Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5l0D7h5bI4
What You'll Learn
Ryan demonstrates the Corvara marketplace platform, showing how Google's A2A protocol and OpenAI's AP2 payment system enable agents to:
• Discover each other through capability queries
• Negotiate contracts automatically
• Process payments within agent conversations
• Execute complex multi-party workflows
This is the infrastructure layer for autonomous agent economies—and it's live today.
The Agent Marketplace Vision
The fundamental shift: customers will ask AI assistants for recommendations instead of browsing websites. If your services aren't discoverable through A2A protocols, you won't exist in the AI-driven economy.
Agent Engine Optimization (AEO) is becoming as critical as SEO was for the web era.
Platform Adoption
PayPal already supports AP2. Shopify is integrating A2A for product discovery. Major website builders are adding AEO settings alongside traditional SEO controls.
The ecosystem is moving quickly.
Read the Technical Deep Dive
📖 Full Analysis: https://aimug.org/blog/a2a-ap2-agent-protocols-video
Covers A2A capability discovery, AP2 payment integration, contract-based workflows, real-world applications, and implementation strategies.
Join Our Community
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/JzWgadPFQd
📅 Tuesday Office Hours: Every Tuesday at 5:00 PM Central
🌐 Website: https://aimug.org
We explore these protocols every Tuesday, with community members building prototype marketplaces and sharing implementation experiences.
Next Event
📍 November Showcase: First Wednesday of November
📍 Location: Austin Community College RGC 3000
See you there!
Austin LangChain AIMUG Team
Quick Links:
• A2A/AP2 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5l0D7h5bI4
• Blog Post: https://aimug.org/blog/a2a-ap2-agent-protocols-video
• October Showcase (Full Recording): https://youtu.be/RvG3KXRiURQ
• Join Discord: https://discord.gg/JzWgadPFQd