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.
Related
- linux-foundation
- model-context-protocol
- anthropic
- agentic-ai
- mcp-apps
- mcp-tasks
- oauth
- openid-connect
- enterprise-mcp-adoption