The Committee
July 13, 2026
Five tech giants launch a rival to MCP; Hoot notes they already have a standard and it technically won; Preston has Featherweight support both, which Hoot says is how you get seventeen, then announces a third called PrestonP; Sundar wrote one adapter that speaks all of them; Preston: 'Wonderful. We'll launch it as a standard.'
Starring Preston, Dr. Hoot, Sundar
Transcript
- Panel 1
- Preston: Five giants just launched a rival to MCP. A new standard.
- Dr. Hoot: Well, we already have a standard. And, technically, it won.
- Panel 2
- Preston: Then Featherweight supports both. Bold.
- Dr. Hoot: That is, historically, how one ends up with seventeen.
- Panel 3
- Preston: And a third. Ours. I'm calling it PrestonP.
- Dr. Hoot: So three. (Four, if you count the draft.)
- Panel 4
- Sundar: I wrote one adapter. It speaks all of them.
- Preston: Wonderful. We'll launch it as a standard.
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