# Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is an open-source foundation under [[The Linux Foundation]], announced on December 9, 2025. Its mission is to provide a neutral, open foundation to advance the adoption of leading open-source projects focused on agentic AI systems. The foundation is notable for bringing together direct competitors ([[Anthropic]], [[OpenAI]], [[Google]], [[Microsoft]]) under shared governance to steward critical AI agent infrastructure as open standards. ## Founding Platinum Members - Amazon Web Services - [[Anthropic]] - Block - Bloomberg - Cloudflare - [[Google]] - [[Microsoft]] - [[OpenAI]] ## Core Projects ### Model Context Protocol (MCP) [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]] is an open protocol enabling integration between LLM applications and external data sources and tools. Originally created by [[Anthropic]], it has been adopted broadly with over 10,000 published MCP servers. ### AGENTS.md A standard for providing project-specific guidance to AI coding agents. Created by [[OpenAI]], it gives agents a dedicated, predictable location for context and instructions about a project. Adopted by 60,000+ open source projects and agent frameworks including Amp, [[OpenAI Codex]], [[Cursor.com]], Devin, Factory, [[Gemini CLI]], [[GitHub Copilot]], and [[Visual Studio Code (VSCode)]]. ### Goose An open-source, extensible AI agent created by Block that goes beyond code suggestions. It can install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM, using MCP for integrations. ## Significance The AAIF represents a convergence of the major AI companies around shared infrastructure for the [[Agentic Era]]. Rather than competing on protocols and standards, members collaborate on the foundational plumbing while competing on model capabilities and product experiences. [[AI Agent Skills]] may eventually join the foundation as well. ## References - Official website: https://aaif.io - Linux Foundation announcement: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation - MCP blog post: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2025-12-09-mcp-joins-agentic-ai-foundation/ - OpenAI announcement: https://openai.com/index/agentic-ai-foundation/ - Block announcement: https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation ## Related - [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]] - [[AI Agent Skills]] - [[AI Agents]] - [[Agentic Era]] - [[Anthropic]] - [[OpenAI]] - [[Claude Code]] - [[OpenAI Codex]] - [[Gemini CLI]] - [[The Linux Foundation]]