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December 16, 2025
Donating the Model Context Protocol and establishing the Agentic AI Foundation
Today, we’re donating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block and OpenAI, with support from Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Bloomberg.
TL;DR
- Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation.
- MCP is an open standard for connecting AI applications to external systems that has seen wide adoption.
- The AAIF was co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, with support from major tech companies.
- The Linux Foundation provides neutral stewardship for open-source projects.
- The donation aims to ensure MCP remains a neutral, open, and community-driven standard.
- MCP's governance model will remain unchanged, prioritizing community input and transparent decision-making.
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