Google launches Agent2Agent (A2A) open protocol for AI agent interoperability

What happened

Google announced the open-source Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol on April 9, 2025, enabling AI agents from different frameworks and vendors to communicate, securely exchange information, and coordinate actions, backed by 50+ partners including Salesforce, SAP, and LangChain.[Google Developers Blog](https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/)

Standardizes agent-to-agent communication like HTTP did for the web, breaking silos so builders can create collaborative multi-agent systems that delegate tasks across specialized agents without custom integrations, accelerating complex autonomous workflows.[Google Developers Blog](https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/) [GitHub A2A](https://github.com/a2aproject/A2A)

The Agentifact read

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Why builders should care

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Evidence

• Primary source: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/
• Detected: 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
• Intake source: signal
• Agentifact link: This article is attached to the Agentifact signal `/trending/google-launches-agent2agent-a2a-open-protocol-for-ai-agent-i`.

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Sources

• developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability