MCP Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (blog.modelcontextprotocol.io)

Anthropic has officially donated the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, marking a significant milestone for this rapidly growing open-source project. In just one year, MCP has achieved impressive adoption metrics, including over 97 million monthly SDK downloads and 10,000 active servers, while supporting major AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot. This transition solidifies MCP’s commitment to remaining open and community-driven, ensuring its vendor-neutrality and long-term independence under a governance model similar to that of other foundational projects like Kubernetes and PyTorch. As MCP joins other initiatives, such as Block's goose and OpenAI's AGENTS.md in the AAIF, its governance will remain unchanged, with existing maintainers making daily operational and technical decisions. The Linux Foundation will facilitate a neutral environment, supporting project autonomy without dictating technical direction. This move highlights the growing collaboration within the AI/ML community to foster open-source innovation in agentic AI, backed by key industry players like Google, Microsoft, and AWS. As MCP embarks on this new chapter, it underscores the importance of community contributions in shaping the future of AI technologies.