December 8, 2025
Useful Links to Agentic Content & Thought Leadership
1. Technical Documentation
Google – AP2 (Agents to Payments Protocol)
Google Cloud Blog – Announcing Agents to Payments (AP2) Protocol
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocolAP2 for Retailers – Google Cloud Medium Article
https://medium.com/google-cloud/agentic-payments-protocol-ap2-for-retailers-bacc35a2f262AP2 GitHub Discussions
https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2/discussions
OpenAI / ACP / Agentic Commerce Protocol
OpenAI Agentic Commerce – Overview & Docs
https://developers.openai.com/commerceOpenAI Agentic Checkout Spec
https://developers.openai.com/commerce/specs/checkoutOpenAI Agentic Commerce – Get Started Guide
https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/get-startedOpenAI Product Feed Specification
https://developers.openai.com/commerce/specs/feed/Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) – Spec Site
https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/
Visa – Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP)
Visa Trusted Agent Protocol – GitHub
https://github.com/visa/trusted-agent-protocolVisa Developer – Trusted Agent Protocol Overview
https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/trusted-agent-protocol
Mastercard – Agentic / Agent Pay
Mastercard – Agentic Commerce / Agent Pay Framework Article
https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2025/agentic-commerce-agent-pay-acceptance-framework/
Ecosystem / Infra / Consortium
Cloudflare – Secure Agentic Commerce with Web Bot Auth
https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-agentic-commerce/Basis Theory – Agentic Commerce Consortium (ACC) Overview
https://basistheory.ai/consortiumBasis Theory – ACC Blog / Whitepaper Intro
https://blog.basistheory.com/agentic-commerce-consortium
2. Executive-Level Information
Core ecosystem explainers
OpenAI – “Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol”
https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgptStripe – “Developing an Open Standard for Agentic Commerce”
https://stripe.com/blog/developing-an-open-standard-for-agentic-commerceGoogle Cloud – AP2 Announcement (Exec-Friendly Overview)
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocolEverest Group – AP2: A New Chapter in Agentic Commerce
https://www.everestgrp.com/googles-agent-payments-protocol-ap2-a-new-chapter-in-agentic-commerce-blog/
Merchant-centric / consortium content
Basis Theory – Agentic Commerce and AI Agents (Merchant-Facing Explainer)
https://blog.basistheory.com/agentic-commerceBasis Theory – Introducing the Agentic Commerce Consortium
https://blog.basistheory.com/agentic-commerce-consortiumMRC – Agentic Commerce Cross-Industry Panel (Session Description)
https://merchantriskcouncil.org/learning/resource-center/events/members-only/san-diego-25/agentic-commerce-cross-industry-panelMRC – Basis Theory Forms Agentic Commerce Consortium (Member News)
https://merchantriskcouncil.org/learning/resource-center/member-news/news/2025/basis-theory-forms-agentic-commerce-consortium
Market movement / signal vs noise
Digital Commerce 360 – Visa & Mastercard Launch Agentic AI Payments Tools
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2025/10/16/visa-mastercard-both-launch-agentic-ai-payments-tools/Axios – Visa Preps for AI Holiday Shoppers and Agentic Commerce
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/07/visa-ai-holiday-shoppers-agentic-commerceBusiness Insider – Morgan Stanley: AI Agents and the Future of Online Shopping
https://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-ai-agents-online-shopping-ecommerce-forecast-2025-5Basis Theory – Agentic Commerce Blog (General Overview)
https://blog.basistheory.com/agentic-commerce
3. Podcasts
Curated Playlist - Updated Regularly
NewsAgents – Agentic Commerce Podcast Hub
https://newsagents.io/podcasts
Payments & protocols
Glenbrook – Payments on Fire Ep. 267 “Fanning the Flames: Agentic Commerce”
https://glenbrook.com/payments_on_fire/episode-267-fanning-the-flames-agentic-commerce/Glenbrook – Payments on Fire Ep. 277 “Recent Developments in Agent Protocols”
https://glenbrook.com/payments_on_fire/episode-277-fanning-the-flames-recent-developments-in-agent-protocols/Flagship Advisory Partners – “The Rise of Agentic Commerce”
https://insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com/podcast-the-rise-of-agentic-commercePayments Strategy Show – “Agentic Commerce with Colin Luce and Joshua Silver”
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-payments-strategy-show-266383291/episode/agentic-commerce-with-colin-luce-and-276567014/Culture and Code – “Agentic Commerce and the Future of Shopping”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agentic-commerce-and-the-future-of-shopping/id1777339477?i=1000731772071
Fraud / risk focused
Fraudology – MRC Austin and AI / Agentic Attacks Episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-awards-to-ai-attacks-fraudology-meets-in-austin/id1507169604?i=1000678622379Fraudology – General Show Page (for future agentic/AI episodes)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fraudology-podcast-with-karisse-hendon/id1507169604The Fraud Boxer – AI, Data, and Agentic Commerce Readiness
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fraud-boxer/id1710442048




