# Stavan Parikh (slim)

> 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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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).

### 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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