# Rao Surapaneni

> Rao Surapaneni is VP/GM, Business Applications Platform at Google Cloud; co-author of the AP2 launch post. Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

VP/GM, Business Applications Platform, Google Cloud; co-author of the AP2 launch post.

## What Rao builds

- [Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ap2.md), graded C, 55.5/100, in Agent checkout protocols. Google's protocol for authorising agent payments, now governed by the FIDO Alliance. VP/GM, Business Applications Platform, Google Cloud; co-author of the AP2 launch post, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Larry Page](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/larry-page/), Co-founder, Google
- [Sergey Brin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sergey-brin/), Co-founder, Google
- [Stavan Parikh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stavan-parikh/), VP/GM, Payments, Google; co-author of the AP2 launch and FIDO donation posts

## Questions

### Who is Rao Surapaneni?

Rao Surapaneni is VP/GM, Business Applications Platform at Google Cloud; co-author of the AP2 launch post.

### What does Google (AP2 donated to the FIDO Alliance) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) from Google (AP2 donated to the FIDO Alliance). Google's protocol for authorising agent payments, now governed by the FIDO Alliance.

### How are Rao's tools graded?

Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is graded C, 55.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://ap2-protocol.org
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocol
- https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-pay/agent-payments-protocol-fido-alliance/
- https://fidoalliance.org/fido-alliance-to-develop-standards-for-trusted-ai-agent-interactions/
- https://about.google/intl/ALL_en/our-story/

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