The establishment of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a dedicated fund under the auspices of the Linux Foundation , was jointly announced by several leading companies in the field of technology and artificial intelligence.
With the establishment of the AAIF, Anthropic announced the donation of the MCP protocol to the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting sustainable open source ecosystems through neutral governance, community development, and shared infrastructure. The AAIF will operate as a restricted fund within the Linux Foundation.
Members since its founding include Anthropic, OpenAI, and Block, with additional support from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, Docker, and Bloomberg.
Originally conceived by Anthropic, the MCP protocol was designed to connect different applications to each other and allow data to be extracted from them.
Soon after its release, OpenAI and Google adopted it without hesitation . Since then, its development has rapidly accelerated, allowing for the harmonious management of various tools while simultaneously reducing latency in complex agent workflows.
The foundation’s initial portfolio also includes OpenAI’s AGENTS.md and Block ‘s Goose project, both of which were donated to the AAIF.
The foundation will oversee their future operation and coordination, ensuring that these initiatives remain aligned with the principles of technical neutrality, openness, and community stewardship, thus fostering innovation across the entire AI ecosystem.
Anthropic emphasized that this transition will not change the MCP protocol’s governance model . Project leaders will continue to prioritize community feedback and transparent decision-making, underscoring Anthropic’s commitment to preserving MCP as an open, vendor-neutral standard.
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