Overview

The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is a directed fund under the linux-foundation that stewards open agentic protocols and projects, including model-context-protocol after Anthropic’s donation.

Recent Developments

  • 2026-07-28: Finalizes MCP specification 2026-07-28 — largest revision since launch (stateless core, auth hardening, Apps/Tasks extensions) (2026-07-28-mcp-2026-07-28-stateless-spec)
  • 2025-12: anthropic donates MCP to AAIF alongside founding projects from Block and OpenAI (per VentureBeat / MCP coverage)

Warning

Membership growth (~240) and “fastest-growing LF foundation” claims are foundation/maintainer-cited via secondary coverage — attribute.

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