# Third in Cloud, First in Agents: How Google Became the Unexpected Middleman for AI

- slug: third-in-cloud-first-in-agents-how-google-became-the-unexpected-middleman-for-ai
- date: 2026-04-25
- category: Agentics

While Google trails AWS and Azure in cloud market share, its agent-to-agent protocol has been adopted by 150 organizations including Microsoft and AWS. That reversal of the competitive logic is the real story of its travel showcase.

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