According to Anthropic (@AnthropicAI), MCP has officially become part of the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund operated under the Linux Foundation. Co-creator David Soria Parra shared that MCP, initially developed as a protocol in a London conference room, is now recognized as an open standard for connecting AI systems to various external tools and platforms. This integration under the Linux Foundation is expected to accelerate the adoption of MCP in enterprise and open-source AI projects, creating new business opportunities for interoperability and ecosystem growth (source: AnthropicAI, Dec 11, 2025).

According to Anthropic (@AnthropicAI), the company is donating its Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), which operates under the Linux Foundation. Over the past year, MCP has become a foundational protocol for agentic AI applications, enabling interoperability and secure context-sharing among AI agents. This move ensures MCP remains open-source and community-driven, fostering broader adoption and collaborative innovation within the AI industry. Industry analysts note this step will accelerate the development of standardized frameworks for agentic AI, opening new business opportunities for companies building agent ecosystems and multi-agent systems (Source: Anthropic, 2025).