Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI Foundation

The Linux Foundation has unveiled the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new industry-backed initiative aimed at accelerating the development of open, interoperable agentic AI technologies. With founding contributions from Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, the AAIF brings together three fast-growing open source projects — Model Context Protocol (MCP), goose, and AGENTS.md — under a neutral governance model, the Foundation noted in a release.

For eeNews Europe readers, this launch highlights a major shift toward standardized, transparent infrastructure for AI agents, which are critical for developers, semiconductor players, and system architects preparing for next-generation autonomous systems.

A unified push toward open agentic AI

Agentic AI is a form of artificial intelligence where systems are capable of autonomous reasoning, decision-making, and cross-tool coordination. The AAIF aims to provide the stability, transparency, and community structure needed for this fast-moving domain, the Foundation indicated.

“We are seeing AI enter a new phase, as conversational systems shift to autonomous agents that can work together. Within just one year, MCP, AGENTS.md and goose have become essential tools for developers building this new class of agentic technologies,” said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, the announcement. “Bringing these projects together under the AAIF ensures they can grow with the transparency and stability that only open governance provides. The Linux Foundation is proud to serve as the neutral home where they will continue to build AI infrastructure the world will rely on.”

The inaugural projects each target a foundational piece of the agentic ecosystem. MCP, developed by Anthropic, has rapidly become a standard integration protocol used across major AI environments, including Copilot, VS Code, Gemini, Cursor, and ChatGPT. More than 10,000 MCP servers are now available, the Foundation noted.

Contributions from Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI

According to the Foundation, Anthropic emphasized the significance of MCP’s evolution from an internal utility to sector-wide infrastructure. Block’s contribution, goose, is an open-source, local-first agent framework designed for reliability and structured execution. And OpenAI’s AGENTS.md, which is already adopted by tens of thousands of open-source projects, standardizes how coding agents understand repository structure and intent.

Industry support and next steps

The AAIF launches with a wide membership base spanning hyperscalers, cloud vendors, enterprise platforms, and developer-tool companies. According to the Foundation, platinum members include AWS, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, and OpenAI. Obot.ai has also contributed its MCP Dev Summit events and podcast to the foundation. The next MCP Dev Summit will take place in New York in April 2026, with European event details forthcoming.

More information on membership and projects is available at AAIF.io and github.com/aaif.