# Stavan Parikh

> Stavan Parikh is VP/GM, Payments at Google; co-author of the AP2 launch and FIDO donation posts. Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

VP/GM, Payments, Google; co-author of the AP2 launch and FIDO donation posts.

## What Stavan 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, Payments, Google; co-author of the AP2 launch and FIDO donation posts, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Larry Page](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/larry-page/), Co-founder, Google
- [Rao Surapaneni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rao-surapaneni/), VP/GM, Business Applications Platform, Google Cloud; co-author of the AP2 launch post
- [Sergey Brin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sergey-brin/), Co-founder, Google

## Questions

### Who is Stavan Parikh?

Stavan Parikh is VP/GM, Payments at Google; co-author of the AP2 launch and FIDO donation posts.

### 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 Stavan'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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