[ { "date": "2026-11-13", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches ChatGPT Wallet for agent purchases", "summary": "OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Wallet, built with American Express, Mastercard and Visa, letting agents pay with user approval, initially through dots for US ChatGPT Pro subscribers.", "source_name": "OpenAI", "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-wallet/" }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "actor": "Amazon", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Opens Shop Direct Merchant Workspace to merchants", "summary": "Amazon opened a self-service portal for eligible merchants to join Shop Direct, whose products its Buy for Me agent may purchase from merchants' sites.", "source_name": "About Amazon", "source_url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-shop-direct-merchant-workspace" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "actor": "IETF", "actor_type": "Standards body", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Charters the DAWN agent discovery working group", "summary": "The IETF approved the charter of the Discovery of Agents With Names (DAWN) working group to specify a generic, interoperable agent discovery mechanism.", "source_name": "IETF Datatracker", "source_url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/dawn/history/" }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "actor": "Anthropic", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Claude Duet with agent purchasing", "summary": "Anthropic opened a waitlisted research preview of Claude Duet, which can buy things for a business using Stripe's Link and check out with Shop Pay.", "source_name": "Claude", "source_url": "https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet" }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Pilots agent B2B invoice payments with BILL, Billtrust", "summary": "Visa, BILL and Billtrust launched a live pilot in which trusted AI agents initiate and complete approved business invoice payments through supplier portals.", "source_name": "Visa Investor Relations", "source_url": "https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2026/Visa-Announces-Enhanced-Capabilities-That-Can-Bring-Trust-and-Control-to-the-Future-of-Business-Payments/default.aspx" }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "actor": "Shopify", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Releases Shop MCP for agent checkout", "summary": "Shopify released Shop MCP, letting any agent or app search Shopify Catalog, build carts and complete Shop Pay checkout after the shopper confirms.", "source_name": "Shopify Developer Changelog", "source_url": "https://shopify.dev/changelog/add-shopping-and-shop-pay-checkout-to-any-agent-with-shop-mcp" }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "actor": "IETF", "actor_type": "Standards body", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Charters the Agent Communication Protocols working group", "summary": "The IETF approved the charter of the Agent Communication Protocols (agentproto) working group to define a baseline agentic dialog management protocol and reference architecture.", "source_name": "IETF Datatracker", "source_url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/agentproto/history/" }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "actor": "Mastercard", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Expands Agent Pay with trust and intelligence services", "summary": "Mastercard expanded Agent Pay with trust and intelligence services, first a US test of a score estimating whether an AI agent initiated a transaction.", "source_name": "Mastercard", "source_url": "https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/news-and-trends/press/2026/september/new-trust-and-intelligence-services.html" }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "actor": "Shopify", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Opens checkout to browser agents via WebMCP", "summary": "Shopify added WebMCP checkout tools that let browser agents read and update Shopify checkouts and submit them after buyer confirmation.", "source_name": "Shopify Developer Changelog", "source_url": "https://shopify.dev/changelog/webmcp-support-for-checkout" }, { "date": "2026-09-23", "actor": "Tempo", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Mercator tool router for paid agent services", "summary": "Tempo launched Mercator, a tool router that lets agents find and pay for services reachable through MPP and x402 without per-provider accounts.", "source_name": "Tempo blog", "source_url": "https://tempo.xyz/blog/introducing-mercator/" }, { "date": "2026-09-08", "actor": "Meta", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Muse agent that checks out with Link", "summary": "Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent that asks before making purchases and pays with Stripe's Link, which issues a one-time-use card.", "source_name": "Meta Newsroom", "source_url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/" }, { "date": "2026-09-01", "actor": "EMVCo", "actor_type": "Standards body", "layer": "rules", "action": "Publishes draft framework for card-based agentic payments", "summary": "EMVCo released a draft 'EMV Agentic Payments – Framework for Specifications' for card-based agentic payments, open for public review until 30 September 2026.", "source_name": "EMVCo", "source_url": "https://www.emvco.com/news-publications/emvco-requests-feedback-on-framework-for-secure-interoperable-and-scalable-card-based-agentic-payments/" }, { "date": "2026-08-31", "actor": "Amazon Web Services", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Makes AWS Agent Registry generally available", "summary": "AWS made Agent Registry generally available, a private, governed catalog for discovering agents, tools, skills and MCP servers within an organization.", "source_name": "AWS What's New", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/08/aws-agent-registry-generally-available/" }, { "date": "2026-08-17", "actor": "Agentic AI Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Takes in A2A as a hosted project", "summary": "The Agentic AI Foundation announced that the Agent2Agent protocol is joining it as a hosted project.", "source_name": "Agentic AI Foundation", "source_url": "https://aaif.io/blog/a2a-joins-aaif" }, { "date": "2026-08-07", "actor": "OSL Group", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches AgentPay stablecoin payments for agents", "summary": "OSL Group launched OSL AgentPay, stablecoin payment infrastructure for AI agents that supports x402, AP2 and MPP, with API integration open from launch.", "source_name": "OSL Group (GlobeNewswire)", "source_url": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/gnwcq-2026-8-7-osl-group-launches-osl-agentpay-multi-stablecoin-payment-infrastructure-for-ai-agents" }, { "date": "2026-08-04", "actor": "US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir.", "actor_type": "Court", "layer": "rules", "action": "Vacates injunction against Perplexity's agentic browser", "summary": "The Ninth Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction against Perplexity, finding Amazon unlikely to show Perplexity itself 'accessed' Amazon's computers under the CFAA.", "source_name": "US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir.", "source_url": "https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/08/04/26-1444.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-07-28", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Publishes stateless MCP specification 2026-07-28", "summary": "The MCP project released specification 2026-07-28, which retires the initialize handshake and session header so any server instance can handle any request.", "source_name": "Model Context Protocol Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/" }, { "date": "2026-07-21", "actor": "US Senate", "actor_type": "Government", "layer": "rules", "action": "Introduces the AI AGENT Act (S. 5051)", "summary": "Senator Mark Warner introduced S. 5051, the AI AGENT Act of 2026, which his office said establishes rights and responsibilities for consumer-facing AI agents.", "source_name": "GovInfo, S. 5051 (IS)", "source_url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/pkg/BILLS-119s5051is/mods.xml" }, { "date": "2026-07-14", "actor": "HM Treasury", "actor_type": "Government", "layer": "rules", "action": "Opens consultation on payments rules including agentic payments", "summary": "HM Treasury opened a consultation on modernizing payment services regulation, citing tokenized payments, Open Banking and agentic payments; it closed on 6 October 2026.", "source_name": "GOV.UK (HM Treasury)", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernizing-payment-services-regulation" }, { "date": "2026-07-14", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "payments", "action": "Opens x402 Foundation operations with 40 members", "summary": "The Linux Foundation announced the operational launch of the x402 Foundation, with 40 member organizations, to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents.", "source_name": "Linux Foundation", "source_url": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications" }, { "date": "2026-07-02", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Runs live agentic transactions with European issuers", "summary": "Visa said AI agents were making live purchases for cardholders of over 30 European issuers, with merchants enabled through Trusted Agent Protocol and Agent Directory.", "source_name": "Visa UK Newsroom", "source_url": "https://www.visa.co.uk/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.3457328.html" }, { "date": "2026-07-01", "actor": "Cloudflare", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "identity", "action": "Splits AI bot controls into Search, Agent, Training", "summary": "Cloudflare let all customers, including Free plans, manage AI crawler traffic separately for Search, Agent and Training uses.", "source_name": "Cloudflare blog", "source_url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-ai-options/" }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "actor": "Adyen", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Adyen Agentic API suite", "summary": "Adyen launched Adyen Agentic, modular APIs for selling through conversational AI platforms, in limited availability for US enterprise merchants.", "source_name": "Adyen Press", "source_url": "https://www.adyen.com/press-and-media/adyen-agentic" }, { "date": "2026-06-10", "actor": "Mastercard", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agent Pay for Machines", "summary": "Mastercard introduced Agent Pay for Machines, a service to permission, orchestrate and settle agent payments at machine speed, naming more than 30 industry supporters.", "source_name": "Mastercard", "source_url": "https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/news-and-trends/press/2026/june/mastercard-launches-agent-pay-for-machines.html" }, { "date": "2026-05-20", "actor": "Fireblocks", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agentic Payments Suite for x402 and MPP", "summary": "Fireblocks launched an Agentic Payments Suite letting agents pay merchants that accept x402 or MPP within defined limits, and joined the x402 Foundation.", "source_name": "Fireblocks (PR Newswire)", "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fireblocks-joins-x402-foundation-launches-agentic-payments-suite-302777251.html" }, { "date": "2026-05-13", "actor": "Amazon", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Alexa for Shopping agentic assistant", "summary": "Amazon introduced Alexa for Shopping, an AI shopping assistant that can buy items at a target price and, through Buy for Me, complete eligible purchases.", "source_name": "About Amazon", "source_url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/alexa-for-shopping-ai-assistant" }, { "date": "2026-05-11", "actor": "Circle", "actor_type": "Company", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agent Stack with agent wallets", "summary": "Circle introduced Agent Stack for AI agents using USDC, releasing Agent Wallets, an Agent Marketplace and Circle CLI that day.", "source_name": "Circle blog", "source_url": "https://www.circle.com/blog/introducing-circle-agent-stack-financial-infrastructure-for-the-agentic-economy" }, { "date": "2026-05-07", "actor": "Amazon Web Services", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "payments", "action": "Previews AgentCore Payments using x402", "summary": "AWS released a preview of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe, letting agents pay for APIs, MCP servers and content via x402.", "source_name": "AWS What's New", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-payments-preview" }, { "date": "2026-04-28", "actor": "FIDO Alliance", "actor_type": "Standards body", "layer": "rules", "action": "Forms an agentic authentication working group", "summary": "The FIDO Alliance formed an Agentic Authentication Technical Working Group and said its Payments Technical Working Group is developing specifications for agent-initiated commerce.", "source_name": "FIDO Alliance", "source_url": "https://fidoalliance.org/fido-alliance-to-develop-standards-for-trusted-ai-agent-interactions/" }, { "date": "2026-04-23", "actor": "Anthropic", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Adds booking and ordering connectors to Claude", "summary": "Anthropic added Claude connectors including Booking.com, Instacart, Resy, Uber and Uber Eats, and said Claude checks with the user before booking or purchasing.", "source_name": "Claude", "source_url": "https://claude.com/resources/articles/connectors-for-everyday-life" }, { "date": "2026-04-08", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Unveils Intelligent Commerce Connect in pilot", "summary": "Visa unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect, a network-, protocol- and token-vault-agnostic on-ramp to agentic commerce, in pilot with partners including AWS, Highnote and Payabli.", "source_name": "Visa", "source_url": "https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/press-releases/visa-intelligent-commerce-connect-ai-shopping-for-businesses.html" }, { "date": "2026-04-02", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches x402 Foundation with Coinbase's protocol", "summary": "The Linux Foundation announced the x402 Foundation, with Coinbase contributing the x402 protocol, which the release said would remain vendor neutral under its governance.", "source_name": "Linux Foundation", "source_url": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-is-launching-the-x402-foundation-and-welcoming-the-contribution-of-the-x402-protocol" }, { "date": "2026-03-24", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Lets merchants use own checkout in ChatGPT", "summary": "OpenAI said the initial Instant Checkout lacked the flexibility it wanted and that it was allowing merchants to use their own checkout experiences.", "source_name": "OpenAI", "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/powering-product-discovery-in-chatgpt/" }, { "date": "2026-03-24", "actor": "Ping Identity", "actor_type": "Identity provider", "layer": "identity", "action": "Makes Identity for AI generally available", "summary": "Ping Identity made Identity for AI generally available, with Agent IAM Core, Agent Gateway and Agent Detection components.", "source_name": "Ping Identity press room", "source_url": "https://press.pingidentity.com/2026-03-24-Ping-Identity-Defines-the-Runtime-Identity-Standard-for-Autonomous-AI" }, { "date": "2026-03-18", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Releases card specification and SDK for MPP", "summary": "Visa introduced a card-based specification and SDK for the Machine Payments Protocol so agents can pay with cards over MPP.", "source_name": "Visa", "source_url": "https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/innovation/visa-card-specification-sdk-for-machine-payments-protocol.html" }, { "date": "2026-03-18", "actor": "Stripe", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Machine Payments Protocol with Tempo", "summary": "Stripe launched the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard co-authored with Tempo for agents to pay.", "source_name": "Stripe Blog", "source_url": "https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol" }, { "date": "2026-03-17", "actor": "World", "actor_type": "Company", "layer": "identity", "action": "Releases AgentKit proof-of-human beta", "summary": "World released a limited AgentKit beta that lets verified World ID holders delegate proof of human to agents, extending the x402 v2 protocol with Coinbase.", "source_name": "World blog", "source_url": "https://world.org/blog/announcements/now-available-agentkit-proof-of-human-for-the-agentic-web" }, { "date": "2026-03-16", "actor": "Okta", "actor_type": "Identity provider", "layer": "identity", "action": "Launches Okta for AI Agents", "summary": "Okta released Okta for AI Agents in early access, registering agents as identities and governing their access, with general availability set for April 30, 2026.", "source_name": "Okta blog", "source_url": "https://www.okta.com/blog/ai/okta-ai-agents-early-access-announcement/" }, { "date": "2026-03-12", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Releases A2A specification version 1.0", "summary": "The Linux Foundation's A2A project released Agent2Agent specification v1.0.0, adding a tasks/list method and replacing implicit and password OAuth flows with device code and PKCE.", "source_name": "GitHub, a2aproject/A2A", "source_url": "https://github.com/a2aproject/A2A/releases/tag/v1.0.0" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "actor": "CMA", "actor_type": "Regulator", "layer": "rules", "action": "Publishes consumer-law guidance for businesses using AI agents", "summary": "The CMA published guidance on complying with consumer law when using AI agents, alongside research on agentic AI and consumers.", "source_name": "GOV.UK (CMA)", "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/complying-with-consumer-law-when-using-ai-agents" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "actor": "US District Court, N.D. Cal.", "actor_type": "Court", "layer": "rules", "action": "Enjoins Perplexity's Comet agents from Amazon accounts", "summary": "Judge Maxine Chesney granted Amazon a preliminary injunction barring Perplexity from accessing Amazon's protected systems with AI agents deployed through Comet.", "source_name": "CourtListener (order, No. 3:25-cv-09514)", "source_url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.459191/gov.uscourts.cand.459191.81.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-03-03", "actor": "Stripe", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Extends Shared Payment Tokens to network agent programs", "summary": "Stripe extended Shared Payment Tokens to Mastercard Agent Pay and Visa Intelligent Commerce, and added Shared Payment Token support for Affirm and Klarna.", "source_name": "Stripe Blog", "source_url": "https://stripe.com/blog/supporting-additional-payment-methods-for-agentic-commerce" }, { "date": "2026-02-17", "actor": "NIST", "actor_type": "Government", "layer": "rules", "action": "Launches the AI Agent Standards Initiative", "summary": "NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation launched the AI Agent Standards Initiative so AI agents can operate securely and interoperate across the digital ecosystem.", "source_name": "NIST", "source_url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/02/announcing-ai-agent-standards-initiative-interoperable-and-secure" }, { "date": "2026-02-11", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agentic Wallets for autonomous agents", "summary": "Coinbase launched Agentic Wallets, wallet infrastructure that lets AI agents spend, earn and trade with security guardrails, built on the x402 protocol.", "source_name": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "source_url": "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches/agentic-wallets" }, { "date": "2026-02-05", "actor": "NIST", "actor_type": "Government", "layer": "rules", "action": "Releases concept paper on agent identity, authorization", "summary": "NIST's NCCoE released a concept paper on software and AI agent identity and authorization, open for public comment through April 2, 2026.", "source_name": "NIST", "source_url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/02/new-concept-paper-identity-and-authority-software-agents" }, { "date": "2026-01-28", "actor": "Mastercard", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Completes authenticated Agent Pay transactions in Australia", "summary": "Mastercard said it completed Australia's first fully authenticated agentic transactions, with Commonwealth Bank and Westpac cards, and expanded Agent Pay to Asia Pacific.", "source_name": "Mastercard Newsroom (Asia Pacific)", "source_url": "https://www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/newsroom/press-releases/en/2026/mastercard-accelerates-ai-powered-commerce-with-australia-s-first-authenticated-agentic-transactions-using-agent-pay/" }, { "date": "2026-01-26", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Ships MCP Apps as an official extension", "summary": "MCP's core maintainers made MCP Apps an official MCP extension, available in Claude, Goose and VS Code Insiders, with ChatGPT support starting that week.", "source_name": "Model Context Protocol Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-01-26-mcp-apps/" }, { "date": "2026-01-22", "actor": "Singapore IMDA", "actor_type": "Regulator", "layer": "rules", "action": "Launches Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI", "summary": "Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information announced at Davos the launch of IMDA's Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI.", "source_name": "MDDI Singapore", "source_url": "https://www.mddi.gov.sg/newsroom/singapore-launches-new-model-ai-governance-framework-for-agentic-ai--/" }, { "date": "2026-01-12", "actor": "NIST", "actor_type": "Government", "layer": "rules", "action": "Issues request for information on securing AI agents", "summary": "NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation published a request for information on the security of AI agent systems, with comments due March 9, 2026.", "source_name": "NIST", "source_url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/01/caisi-issues-request-information-about-securing-ai-agent-systems" }, { "date": "2026-01-11", "actor": "Google", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Universal Commerce Protocol", "summary": "Google launched the Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard for agentic commerce co-developed with Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target and Walmart.", "source_name": "Google Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/" }, { "date": "2026-01-08", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Copilot Checkout in the US", "summary": "Microsoft began rolling out Copilot Checkout on Copilot.com in the US, with PayPal, Shopify and Stripe as partners and Etsy sellers among launch merchants.", "source_name": "Microsoft Advertising Blog", "source_url": "https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/blog/post/january-2026/conversations-that-convert-copilot-checkout-and-brand-agents" }, { "date": "2025-12-17", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Opens app submissions and ChatGPT app directory", "summary": "OpenAI let developers submit apps for review, with approved apps listed in a new in-product directory in ChatGPT.", "source_name": "OpenAI", "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt/" }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Releases x402 V2 specification", "summary": "Coinbase Developer Platform's x402.org published x402 V2, adding wallet-based identity, automatic API discovery, dynamic payment recipients and support for more chains and fiat.", "source_name": "x402.org", "source_url": "https://www.x402.org/writing/x402-v2-launch" }, { "date": "2025-12-10", "actor": "Shopify", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Agentic Storefronts for AI chat sales", "summary": "Shopify launched Agentic Storefronts, letting merchants sell in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot, with in-chat checkout as a merchant option.", "source_name": "Shopify News", "source_url": "https://www.shopify.com/news/winter-26-edition-agentic-storefronts" }, { "date": "2025-12-10", "actor": "Google Cloud", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Releases managed remote MCP servers for its services", "summary": "Google released fully managed, remote MCP servers for Google and Google Cloud services, starting with Google Maps, BigQuery, Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine.", "source_name": "Google Cloud Blog", "source_url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-official-mcp-support-for-google-services" }, { "date": "2025-12-09", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Forms the Agentic AI Foundation", "summary": "The Linux Foundation formed the Agentic AI Foundation with founding projects MCP from Anthropic, goose from Block and AGENTS.md from OpenAI.", "source_name": "Linux Foundation", "source_url": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation" }, { "date": "2025-12-08", "actor": "Instacart", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Instacart app with Instant Checkout in ChatGPT", "summary": "Instacart launched its app in ChatGPT, letting users shop and pay inside the chat through Instant Checkout, built on the Agentic Commerce Protocol.", "source_name": "Instacart Newsroom", "source_url": "https://company.instacart.com/pressreleases/instacart-app-launches-in-openai-chatgpt" }, { "date": "2025-11-25", "actor": "PayPal", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Instant Buy checkout inside Perplexity", "summary": "PayPal enabled its merchants to be discoverable in Perplexity and let US users complete purchases with PayPal inside Perplexity's chat.", "source_name": "PayPal Newsroom", "source_url": "https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-11-PayPal-and-Perplexity-Launch-Instant-Buy" }, { "date": "2025-11-25", "actor": "Checkout.com", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Adopts Agentic Commerce Protocol for enterprise merchants", "summary": "Checkout.com announced support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol so its enterprise merchants can offer checkout inside AI platforms such as ChatGPT's Instant Checkout.", "source_name": "Checkout.com Newsroom", "source_url": "https://www.checkout.com/newsroom/checkout-adopts-acp-backed-by-openai-to-power-agentic-commerce-for-enterprise-merchants" }, { "date": "2025-11-25", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Publishes MCP specification revision 2025-11-25", "summary": "The Model Context Protocol released specification 2025-11-25, adding experimental tasks, URL-mode elicitation, extensions and client registration via hosted metadata documents.", "source_name": "Model Context Protocol Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2025-11-25-first-mcp-anniversary/" }, { "date": "2025-11-19", "actor": "Auth0", "actor_type": "Identity provider", "layer": "identity", "action": "Makes Auth0 for AI Agents generally available", "summary": "Auth0 made Auth0 for AI Agents generally available, with user authentication, Token Vault, asynchronous authorization and fine-grained authorization for RAG.", "source_name": "Auth0 blog", "source_url": "https://auth0.com/blog/auth0-for-ai-agents-generally-available/" }, { "date": "2025-11-18", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "identity", "action": "Announces Agent 365 control plane", "summary": "Microsoft announced Agent 365, a control plane with an agent registry and access controls that can require every agent to have an Entra agent ID.", "source_name": "Microsoft 365 Blog", "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-agent-365-the-control-plane-for-ai-agents/" }, { "date": "2025-11-13", "actor": "Google", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Rolls out agentic checkout in Search", "summary": "Google began rolling out agentic checkout on Search and AI Mode, buying with Google Pay from eligible US merchants such as Wayfair, Chewy and Quince.", "source_name": "Google Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.google/products/shopping/agentic-checkout-holiday-ai-shopping/" }, { "date": "2025-11-07", "actor": "Google Cloud", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "identity", "action": "Previews agent identity for Agent Engine", "summary": "Google Cloud added IAM agent identity, in preview, to manage access and authentication for agents on Vertex AI Agent Engine.", "source_name": "Google Cloud", "source_url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/release-notes" }, { "date": "2025-11-04", "actor": "Amazon", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "rules", "action": "Sues Perplexity over the Comet shopping agent", "summary": "Amazon sued Perplexity AI in the Northern District of California, alleging its Comet AI agent accessed private Amazon customer accounts without authorization, violating computer-fraud laws.", "source_name": "CourtListener (complaint, No. 3:25-cv-09514)", "source_url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.459191/gov.uscourts.cand.459191.1.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-10-23", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Payments MCP for agent wallets", "summary": "Coinbase launched Payments MCP, giving LLM agents such as Claude, Gemini and Codex a wallet, onramp and x402 stablecoin payments without an API key.", "source_name": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "source_url": "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches/payments-mcp" }, { "date": "2025-10-23", "actor": "IETF", "actor_type": "Standards body", "layer": "rules", "action": "Charters the Web Bot Auth working group", "summary": "The IETF approved the Web Bot Auth working group charter to standardize methods for cryptographically authenticating automated clients, including AI agents, to websites.", "source_name": "IETF Datatracker", "source_url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/webbotauth/history/" }, { "date": "2025-10-14", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "identity", "action": "Introduces Trusted Agent Protocol", "summary": "Visa released the Trusted Agent Protocol, developed with Cloudflare, letting merchants verify AI agents and distinguish them from malicious bots.", "source_name": "Visa Investor Relations", "source_url": "https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2025/Visa-Introduces-Trusted-Agent-Protocol-An-Ecosystem-Led-Framework-for-AI-Commerce/default.aspx" }, { "date": "2025-10-06", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Releases Apps SDK built on MCP", "summary": "OpenAI introduced apps in ChatGPT and released the Apps SDK in preview, built on the Model Context Protocol.", "source_name": "OpenAI", "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/introducing-apps-in-chatgpt/" }, { "date": "2025-09-29", "actor": "Stripe", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Releases Agentic Commerce Protocol with OpenAI", "summary": "Stripe released the Agentic Commerce Protocol co-developed with OpenAI and introduced Shared Payment Tokens to power Instant Checkout in ChatGPT.", "source_name": "Stripe Newsroom", "source_url": "https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-openai-instant-checkout" }, { "date": "2025-09-29", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Instant Checkout in ChatGPT", "summary": "OpenAI launched Instant Checkout in ChatGPT on the Agentic Commerce Protocol; Stripe said US users could buy from US Etsy businesses, with Shopify next.", "source_name": "OpenAI", "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/" }, { "date": "2025-09-23", "actor": "Cloudflare", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "payments", "action": "Adds x402 payments to Agents SDK and MCP", "summary": "Cloudflare added x402 payment support to its Agents SDK and MCP servers and said it is partnering with Coinbase to create the x402 Foundation.", "source_name": "Cloudflare blog", "source_url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/x402/" }, { "date": "2025-09-16", "actor": "GitHub", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches GitHub MCP Registry", "summary": "GitHub launched the GitHub MCP Registry for discovering MCP servers, starting with a curated set of servers.", "source_name": "GitHub Changelog", "source_url": "https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-16-github-mcp-registry-the-fastest-way-to-discover-ai-tools/" }, { "date": "2025-09-16", "actor": "Google", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "payments", "action": "Announces Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)", "summary": "Google announced the Agent Payments Protocol, an open protocol for agent-led payments, developed with more than 60 organizations including Mastercard, American Express, PayPal and Adyen.", "source_name": "Google Cloud Blog", "source_url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocol" }, { "date": "2025-09-10", "actor": "RSL Collective", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Really Simple Licensing standard", "summary": "RSL Collective launched the RSL Standard, letting publishers add machine-readable licensing and royalty terms for AI applications and agents, with support from Reddit and Yahoo.", "source_name": "RSL Standard press page", "source_url": "https://rslstandard.org/press/rsl-standard" }, { "date": "2025-09-10", "actor": "Mastercard", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agent Toolkit and Agent Sign-Up", "summary": "Mastercard launched Agent Toolkit, giving AI agents its API documentation through a Model Context Protocol server, and Agent Sign-Up for developers to identify their agents.", "source_name": "Mastercard", "source_url": "https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/september/mastercard-unveils-new-tools-and-collaborations-to-power-smarter.html" }, { "date": "2025-09-09", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches x402 Bazaar discovery layer", "summary": "Coinbase launched x402 Bazaar, a discovery layer where agents can find, interact with and pay for services across the x402 ecosystem.", "source_name": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "source_url": "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches/x402-bazaar" }, { "date": "2025-09-08", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches MCP Registry in preview", "summary": "The Model Context Protocol project launched the MCP Registry in preview, an open catalog and API for discovering publicly available MCP servers.", "source_name": "MCP Blog", "source_url": "https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2025-09-08-mcp-registry-preview/" }, { "date": "2025-08-29", "actor": "IBM", "actor_type": "Company", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Merges Agent Communication Protocol into A2A", "summary": "IBM's Agent Communication Protocol team announced that ACP would merge into A2A under the Linux Foundation and wind down its standalone active development.", "source_name": "LF AI & Data Foundation", "source_url": "https://lfaidata.foundation/communityblog/2025/08/29/acp-joins-forces-with-a2a-under-the-linux-foundations-lf-ai-data/" }, { "date": "2025-08-28", "actor": "Cloudflare", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "identity", "action": "Launches signed agents classification", "summary": "Cloudflare added a signed agents category, verified by Web Bot Auth signatures, with ChatGPT agent, Goose, Browserbase and Anchor Browser as the first cohort.", "source_name": "Cloudflare blog", "source_url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/signed-agents/" }, { "date": "2025-07-29", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Takes in the AGNTCY project", "summary": "The Linux Foundation welcomed AGNTCY, open-source infrastructure for agent discovery, identity and messaging, with Cisco, Dell, Google Cloud, Oracle and Red Hat as formative members.", "source_name": "Linux Foundation", "source_url": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-welcomes-the-agntcy-project-to-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure-and-break-down-ai-agent-silos" }, { "date": "2025-07-16", "actor": "Amazon Web Services", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "identity", "action": "Previews Bedrock AgentCore Identity", "summary": "AWS previewed Bedrock AgentCore, including AgentCore Identity, which lets agents access AWS and third-party services such as GitHub, Salesforce and Slack.", "source_name": "AWS News Blog", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-bedrock-agentcore-securely-deploy-and-operate-ai-agents-at-any-scale/" }, { "date": "2025-07-16", "actor": "Amazon Web Services", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Adds AI agents and tools to AWS Marketplace", "summary": "AWS Marketplace began offering AI agents and tools from AWS Partners for customers to find and buy.", "source_name": "AWS What's New", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/ai-agents-tools-aws-marketplace/" }, { "date": "2025-07-14", "actor": "Anthropic", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches Claude connectors directory", "summary": "Anthropic launched a directory of tools that connect to Claude, which users can browse and add with one click.", "source_name": "Claude Blog", "source_url": "https://claude.com/blog/connectors-directory" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "actor": "Cloudflare", "actor_type": "Infrastructure", "layer": "payments", "action": "Introduces pay per crawl for AI crawlers", "summary": "Cloudflare introduced pay per crawl in private beta, letting site owners charge AI crawlers per request using HTTP 402, with Cloudflare as merchant of record.", "source_name": "Cloudflare blog", "source_url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/" }, { "date": "2025-06-26", "actor": "Skyfire", "actor_type": "Company", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches identity and payments platform for agents", "summary": "Skyfire publicly launched its platform letting AI agents sign up, authenticate and pay for services, using verified identity tokens and programmable payment tokens.", "source_name": "Skyfire", "source_url": "https://skyfire.xyz/skyfire-launches-identity-and-payments-for-autonomous-ai-agents/" }, { "date": "2025-06-23", "actor": "Linux Foundation", "actor_type": "Foundation", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Launches the Agent2Agent protocol project", "summary": "The Linux Foundation launched the Agent2Agent (A2A) project for the open agent-to-agent protocol created by Google.", "source_name": "Linux Foundation", "source_url": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-the-agent2agent-protocol-project-to-enable-secure-intelligent-communication-between-ai-agents" }, { "date": "2025-06-18", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Publishes MCP specification revision 2025-06-18", "summary": "The Model Context Protocol published revision 2025-06-18, classifying MCP servers as OAuth resource servers and adding elicitation and structured tool output.", "source_name": "Model Context Protocol specification", "source_url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/changelog" }, { "date": "2025-05-22", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches Agent Store in Microsoft 365 Copilot", "summary": "Microsoft launched the Agent Store in Microsoft 365 Copilot, a curated marketplace of agents from Microsoft, partners and customers, with more than 70 agents.", "source_name": "Microsoft 365 Developer Blog", "source_url": "https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/introducing-the-agent-store-build-publish-and-discover-agents-in-microsoft-365-copilot/" }, { "date": "2025-05-19", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "identity", "action": "Introduces Microsoft Entra Agent ID", "summary": "Microsoft introduced Entra Agent ID, extending identity management and access controls to AI agents built in Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry.", "source_name": "Microsoft Security Blog", "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/19/microsoft-extends-zero-trust-to-secure-the-agentic-workforce/" }, { "date": "2025-05-19", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Adopts MCP across its agent platforms", "summary": "Microsoft announced first-party MCP support across GitHub, Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel and Windows 11, and joined the MCP Steering Committee.", "source_name": "Official Microsoft Blog", "source_url": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/05/19/microsoft-build-2025-the-age-of-ai-agents-and-building-the-open-agentic-web/" }, { "date": "2025-05-19", "actor": "Microsoft", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Introduces NLWeb open project", "summary": "Microsoft introduced NLWeb, an open project for natural-language interfaces to websites, in which every NLWeb instance is also an MCP server.", "source_name": "Microsoft Source", "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/company-news/introducing-nlweb-bringing-conversational-interfaces-directly-to-the-web/" }, { "date": "2025-05-06", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches x402 HTTP payment protocol", "summary": "Coinbase launched x402, an open protocol that uses the HTTP 402 status code to let APIs, apps and AI agents pay in stablecoins over HTTP.", "source_name": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "source_url": "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches/x402" }, { "date": "2025-04-30", "actor": "Visa", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Visa Intelligent Commerce for AI agents", "summary": "Visa introduced Visa Intelligent Commerce, opening its payment network to developers building AI agents, with tokenized digital credentials, integrated APIs and a partner program.", "source_name": "Visa Investor Relations", "source_url": "https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2025/Find-and-Buy-with-AI-Visa-Unveils-New-Era-of-Commerce/default.aspx" }, { "date": "2025-04-29", "actor": "Mastercard", "actor_type": "Payment network", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches Agent Pay and Agentic Tokens", "summary": "Mastercard announced Agent Pay, its agentic payments program, introducing Mastercard Agentic Tokens built on its existing tokenization capabilities.", "source_name": "Mastercard Newsroom", "source_url": "https://newsroom.mastercard.com/news/press/2025/april/mastercard-unveils-agent-pay-pioneering-agentic-payments-technology-to-power-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai" }, { "date": "2025-04-09", "actor": "Google", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Launches the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol", "summary": "Google launched Agent2Agent, an open protocol for communication between AI agents, with more than 50 technology partners.", "source_name": "Google for Developers Blog", "source_url": "https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/" }, { "date": "2025-04-03", "actor": "Amazon", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Tests Buy for Me agent in Shopping app", "summary": "Amazon began testing Buy for Me in beta, letting a subset of US customers buy from other brands' websites through the Amazon Shopping app.", "source_name": "About Amazon", "source_url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-shopping-app-buy-for-me-brands" }, { "date": "2025-03-26", "actor": "Model Context Protocol", "actor_type": "Open project", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Publishes MCP specification revision 2025-03-26", "summary": "The Model Context Protocol published specification revision 2025-03-26, adding an OAuth 2.1 authorization framework and a Streamable HTTP transport.", "source_name": "Model Context Protocol specification", "source_url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-03-26/changelog" }, { "date": "2025-03-26", "actor": "OpenAI", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Adds MCP support to its Agents SDK", "summary": "OpenAI released version 0.0.7 of its Agents SDK for Python, adding Model Context Protocol support.", "source_name": "OpenAI on GitHub", "source_url": "https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/releases/tag/v0.0.7" }, { "date": "2025-03-04", "actor": "Salesforce", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches AgentExchange marketplace for Agentforce", "summary": "Salesforce launched AgentExchange, a marketplace and community for Agentforce, with more than 200 initial partners.", "source_name": "Salesforce Newsroom", "source_url": "https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2025/03/04/agentexchange-announcement/" }, { "date": "2024-11-25", "actor": "Anthropic", "actor_type": "Lab", "layer": "protocols", "action": "Open-sources the Model Context Protocol", "summary": "Anthropic open-sourced the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives.", "source_name": "Anthropic", "source_url": "https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol" }, { "date": "2024-11-20", "actor": "Google Cloud", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "discovery", "action": "Launches AI Agent Space in Cloud Marketplace", "summary": "Google Cloud launched AI Agent Space, a Google Cloud Marketplace category where customers find and deploy partner-built AI agents.", "source_name": "Google Cloud Blog", "source_url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/build-deploy-and-promote-ai-agents-through-the-google-cloud-ai-agent-ecosystem-program" }, { "date": "2024-11-18", "actor": "Perplexity", "actor_type": "Platform", "layer": "commerce", "action": "Launches Buy with Pro checkout for Pro users", "summary": "Perplexity launched Buy with Pro, letting US Pro subscribers buy select products from select merchants in Perplexity, and opened a merchant program free to merchants.", "source_name": "Perplexity", "source_url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/shop-like-a-pro" }, { "date": "2024-11-14", "actor": "Stripe", "actor_type": "Processor", "layer": "payments", "action": "Releases agent toolkit for Stripe API access", "summary": "Stripe released an agent toolkit SDK giving agents access to the Stripe API, including single-use virtual cards through Stripe Issuing for business purchases.", "source_name": "Stripe Developers blog", "source_url": "https://stripe.dev/blog/adding-payments-to-your-agentic-workflows" }, { "date": "2024-11-08", "actor": "Coinbase", "actor_type": "Exchange", "layer": "payments", "action": "Launches AgentKit for onchain AI agents", "summary": "Coinbase Developer Platform launched AgentKit, a framework for building AI agents that can perform onchain operations such as transfers, token swaps and token deployment.", "source_name": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "source_url": "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches/introducing-agentkit" } ]