# Millions of AI Agents Will Negotiate and Transact by Google DeepMind and Research Partners > “As AI technology scales, we’re entering a new era. Soon, millions of AI agents—built by different organizations—will interact across digital environments, communicating, negotiating and transacting with one another.” > **— Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA and Google.org**, *“Investing in Multi-Agent AI Safety Research,” June 11, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Primary source:** [joint institutional announcement led by Google DeepMind](https://deepmind.google/blog/investing-in-multi-agent-ai-safety-research/) — verifies the wording, attribution and immediate source setting. - **Interpretive context:** The announcement’s object is an ecosystem, not a single assistant: agents built by different organizations acquire protocols for communication, bargaining and transactions. Those interactions supply elementary social and economic relations from which artificial markets and machine institutions may develop. - **Editorial treatment:** The two consecutive opening sentences are reproduced without insertion or omission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Google DeepMind|Google DeepMind]] - [[wiki/Agent Economy|Agent Economy]] - [[wiki/Multi-Agent Systems|Multi-Agent Systems]] - [[wiki/Collective Intelligence|Collective Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “As AI technology scales, we’re entering a new era. Soon, millions of AI agents—built by different organizations—will interact across digital environments, communicating, negotiating and transacting with one another.” — Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA and Google.org, “Investing in Multi-Agent AI Safety Research,” June 11, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-deepmind-millions-ai-agents-negotiate-transact ```