Agent Control Standard: Open Hooks Above MCP and A2A
ACS shipped May 27 — a vendor-neutral runtime hook spec above MCP and A2A. The 25-point readiness assessment and 12-week roadmap to close the 8:1 gap.
May 28, 2026 · 18 min readA2A
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Google UCP Beats OpenAI Protocol: Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Adopt
Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Salesforce, and Stripe joined Google's Universal Commerce Protocol on April 24. Agentic shopping just got a single open standard.
April 25, 2026 · 13 min read