Multi-Agent AI, Open Protocols & Startup Acceleration with Saurabh Tiwary | AI Basics

This Week in Startups

In this episode, Jason dives deep into the future of multi-agent systems with Saurabh Tiwary, VP & GM of Cloud AI at Google. They explore how teams of AI agents—not just single models—can collaborate to solve complex problems, helping startups scale faster with fewer resources.

Saurabh introduces Google Cloud’s open frameworks:

• Agent Development Kit (ADK) for building flexible, debuggable agents
• Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol, now part of the Linux Foundation
• The emerging Multi-Agent Collaboration Protocol, enabling AI systems to work across platforms and organizations

They also discuss:

• Why AI agents are evolving from task-doers to decision-makers
• How multimodal inputs (text, image, video, voice) will supercharge agent capabilities
• Why openness and interoperability will define the next era of AI infrastructure

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Jason introduces Saurabh Tiwary, VP & GM of Cloud AI at Google, and sets the stage for a deep dive on autonomous agents.

(1:09) What is an AI Agent Today?

(2:54) When Will Agents Actually Work?l

(6:30) Inside Google’s ADK (Agent Development Kit)

(8:35l) Agent-to-Agent Protocol & Open AI Standards

(11:35 ) Why Human-in-the-Loop Still Matters

(13:41) What’s Next: Multimodal Agents & Real Startup Use Cases

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Google Cloud Report: “The Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups”

Free download → https://goo.gle/futureofai

Google Cloud Homepage

https://cloud.google.com/

Google Cloud: Agent Development Kit (ADK)

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/agent-development-kit-easy-to-build-multi-agent-applications/

https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/agent-development-kit/quickstart

Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol by Google

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/

Linux Foundation: A2A Protocol Overview

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-the-agent2agent-protocol-project-to-enable-secure-intelligent-communication-between-ai-agents

Google Research: AI Agents & Multi-Agent Systems

https://research.google/blog/accelerating-scientific-breakthroughs-with-an-ai-co-scientist/

https://cloud.google.com/transform/ai-agents-evolving-with-google-agentspace

Google’s Agentspace https://cloud.google.com/products/agentspace?hl=en

Google’s Vertex AI Agent Builder

https://cloud.google.com/products/agent-builder?hl=en

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