Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) is shaking up digital payments, cryptocurrency and emerging artificial intelligence-based shopping applications with a new “AI agent” technology. Google stock has climbed 30% in 2025.
Many tech companies are focused on autonomous, goal-driven AI “agents” that complete tasks on their own. One of the big applications is expected to be online shopping on the behalf of consumers.
Google last week announced a new Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), developed with 60 industry partners including Mastercard (MA), American Express (AXP), and Paypal (PYPL). It targets secure commerce for AI agents and is backed up by cryptographically signed digital contracts.
Economist Ed Yardeni said cryptocurrency companies are supportive of Google’s approach.
Google Stock: Agentic Payments
“From a technology standpoint, AP2 is an open, shared protocol that provides a common language for transactions,” said Yardeni in a…
