"As the industry moves toward agentic payments, where AI agents initiate and execute transactions under delegated authority, there is a growing recognition that we need a common foundation for trust. The contributions of Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) and Mastercard’s Verifiable Intent (VI), co-developed with Google, into the FIDO Alliance represent a pivotal step toward establishing that foundation. This post explores how standardization within the Alliance could shape the future of AI-driven commerce."