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Partners & Protocols

The rails are being built. Right now.

The agentic commerce ecosystem is crystallizing around specific technical standards — and the pace is accelerating. A2A moved to Linux Foundation governance in June 2025. Visa and Mastercard launched competing agent payment frameworks in October 2025. The companies building on these protocols now will own the infrastructure of the Intention Economy.

Partners & Protocols is our position in that landscape: the standards we're building on, the partners we're working with, and the infrastructure choices that determine long-term competitiveness.

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) Anthropic

Interoperability standard enabling AI agents to share context, information, and data across models and tools. How agents understand your business.

Our position: 50+ custom MCP tools shipped. Production infrastructure running today.
Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) OpenAI + Stripe

Open standard (Apache 2.0) for agent-mediated transactions. Programmatic commerce flows, secure payment handling, merchant control.

Our position: Architecture ready. Implementation roadmap defined.
The Protocol Landscape

Standards That Matter

Six months ago, the protocol landscape was fragmented experimentation. Now it's infrastructure. The consolidation is happening faster than most businesses realize.

Agent-to-Agent Protocol (A2A) Google → Linux Foundation

Communication protocol enabling autonomous AI agents to coordinate, negotiate, and complete tasks. How agents talk to each other about your business.

Our position: Monitoring evolution. Integration planned as standard stabilizes.
Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Google + Shopify + Walmart + Target

Open standard enabling interoperability between AI agents, platforms, and payment providers. Standardized checkout sessions, OAuth 2.0 identity linking, and real-time order management.

Our position: Evaluating integration. Major retail backing signals long-term viability.
Payment Network Protocols Visa + Mastercard

October 2025: Both networks launched agentic payment frameworks. Visa's "Trusted Agent Protocol" aligns with OpenAI's ACP. Built on Cloudflare's Web Bot Auth technology.

Our position: Infrastructure compatible. No replatforming required when payment integration is needed.
AGNTCY Cisco + Dell + Google + Oracle

Complete infrastructure stack for agent collaboration — discovery, identity, messaging, and observability across any vendor or framework. How agents find and trust each other.

Our position: Tracking development. Enterprise backing from Cisco and major cloud providers.
Ad Context Protocol (AdCP) Agentic Advertising (AAO)

Open standard unifying advertising platforms through a single interface. AI agents manage campaigns, generate creative, and activate audiences via natural language instead of 15+ platform APIs.

Our position: High relevance to our work. Active evaluation for media automation workflows.

Orchestration, Not Invention

Neural Partners doesn't need to build every component of the stack. The strategy is orchestration — leveraging best-in-class partners to build Neural Core while focusing engineering on the vertical-specific logic that creates actual moat.

Why Partnerships Matter

Time compression: Every startup burns capital recreating infrastructure that already exists at enterprise scale. Partnerships compress time-to-market.
Trust extension: Premier partner status provides "trust halo" with enterprise customers wary of startup security posture.
Capability access: Specialized expertise we'd spend years developing in-house, available through integration.

Bridges, Not Moats

Walled gardens had their moment. The future belongs to open systems that work together.

We build for interoperability because:

  • Client benefit: Best tools for each job, not just tools we happen to own.
  • Ecosystem participation: Open protocols enable collective innovation.
  • Future-proofing: Standards outlast proprietary systems.

Our APIs are documented. Our protocols are standard. Our data structures are portable. We compete on execution and insight, not lock-in.

Common Questions

What if we've already invested in different protocols?
The major protocols are converging, not competing. MCP, ACP, and A2A serve different functions that work together. Existing investments in marketing technology remain valid — we add the agent-accessibility layer on top.
How do partnerships benefit us as clients?
Access to best-in-class capabilities without the integration burden. Certified integrations mean reliable data flow. Partner relationships mean priority support and early access to new capabilities.
Is our data shared with partners?
Never without explicit agreement. Partnership integrations are about capability access, not data sharing. Your data stays yours. Partner tools operate on your data under your control.
What happens if protocol standards change?
They will. That's why we monitor standards evolution and participate in standards bodies. Architecture designed for flexibility means protocol updates don't require infrastructure rewrites.
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