# ap2-launch

> AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) announced — 2025-09-16 launch date; 60+ partners

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- **metric:** AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) announced
- **metric_family:** protocol-maturity
- **measures_pillar:** /protocols
- **entity_measured:** AP2
- **value:** 2025-09-16
- **unit:** launch date; 60+ partners
- **date:** 2025-09
- **period:** 2026-Q2
- **figure_kind:** cited
- **source:** https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocol
- **trend:** up
- **last_verified:** 2026-06-15