The Biggest News in AI Since MCP
When I spoke at the MCP Roundtable, one of the points I made is that MCP wouldn’t really hit until it “grew up” by becoming a real standard. HTTP, HTML, JSON, and other standards changed the world only because of the W3C, a global consortium transcending vendors and corporate strategies with a grand vision for the web.
That, and more, has now happened.
The News
The Linux Foundation has announced formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a neutral, open-governance initiative designed to accelerate the evolution of Agentic AI.
AAIF unites some of the leading industry players with the leading open technologies—MCP from Anthropic, Goose (which I also discussed at the MCP Roundtable and use regularly) from Block, and AGENTS.md from OpenAI—into a unifying vision for agents.
Why does this matter?
- AAIF establishes shared, vendor-neutral standards for building and coordinating AI agents.
- AAIF breaks down proprietary silos to enable interoperability across tools, platforms, and organizations.
- AAIF shifts Agentic AI from fragmented experiments to a more unified, production-ready ecosystem.
This is exciting. It’s wonderful finally to see global, open standards for building AI agents.
