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A2A agent communication protocol to be managed alongside MCP under AAIF

Google-developed AI agent communication standard A2A (Agent2Agent Protocol) will be transferred to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), Axios reported on Aug. 17. A2A sets rules for independent AI agents to exchange information and cooperate. Anthropic-led Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardises how AI applications connect to external tools and data. Axios said bringing A2A under the same foundation as MCP could help the industry shift to modular AI systems.