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Infographic hero: x402 agent payments on the Linux Foundation, versus AP2 and ACP

Web & API Development · Jul 29, 2026 · 9 min read

x402 joined the Linux Foundation: should you build agent payments on it in 2026?

On 14 July 2026 the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation with 40 members, from AWS to Visa. We compare x402 to Google's AP2 and OpenAI's ACP, and give an adopt-now-versus-wait call by use case.

Manu Shukla

#x402 #agentic payments #AI agents

Diagram comparing UCP, ACP and AP2 agentic commerce standards as three converging protocol layers

Web & API Development · Jul 15, 2026 · 17 min read

UCP vs ACP vs AP2 in 2026: which agentic commerce standard merchants should build on

OpenAI shut Instant Checkout in March 2026, six months after launch, with about a dozen merchants live. Google's UCP kept expanding. Here is how UCP, ACP and AP2 actually stack up, and what to build first.

Manu Shukla

#agentic commerce #UCP #ACP