--- title: MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation | daily.dev description: Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, making MCP a founding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, making MCP a founding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G7Y3NOWMn.png og:image:alt: MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation **[Model Context Protocol](https://daily.dev/sources/modelcontextprotocol-blog)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, making MCP a founding project alongside Block's goose and OpenAI's AGENTS.md. The move is backed by Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare and Bloomberg and is framed as formalizing MCP's vendor-neutral, community-driven governance rather than changing its maintainer structure or technical direction. MCP has grown to over 97 million monthly SDK downloads and 10,000 active servers, with client support across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, and VS Code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Who governs the Model Context Protocol now that Anthropic donated it to a foundation? MCP is now a founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI with support from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg. The existing maintainer team and SEP community process continue unchanged; the foundation provides neutral infrastructure without dictating technical direction. _Teams building on MCP can track governance changes affecting the protocol's roadmap on daily.dev._ ### How widely adopted is MCP for AI agent integrations? MCP has over 97 million monthly SDK downloads and more than 10,000 active servers, with first-class client support in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Visual Studio Code. It reached this adoption within roughly one year of its introduction. _Developers evaluating MCP for agent workflows can follow adoption trends and integrations on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Donating the Model Context Protocol and establishing the Agentic AI Foundation](https://daily.dev/posts/donating-the-model-context-protocol-and-establishing-the-agentic-ai-foundation-jaidtzukq) · Hacker News · 5 upvotes · 1 comments - [Anthropic Donates the MCP Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-donates-the-mcp-protocol-to-the-agentic-ai-foundation-fznqjctfd) · The New Stack · 2 upvotes · 1 comments - [Why the Linux Foundation adopted MCP, with Jim Zemlin and Mazin Gilbert](https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-linux-foundation-adopted-mcp-with-jim-zemlin-and-mazin-gilbert-rymrcg6zf) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [MCP Explained: How Modern AI Agents Connect to the Real World](https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-explained-how-modern-ai-agents-connect-to-the-real-world-tvdsyp4oi) · Towards Data Science · 6 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:16:58.924Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:18:58.867Z","description":"Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, making MCP a founding...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ccad778d24e1fca3aa1c66575a7bfbf3?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ccad778d24e1fca3aa1c66575a7bfbf3?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Model Context Protocol","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Model Context Protocol","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ORAgfri4--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487408/logos/modelcontextprotocol-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/modelcontextprotocol-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,mcp,anthropic","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Model Context Protocol","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/modelcontextprotocol-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MCP joins the Agentic AI Foundation"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mcp-joins-the-agentic-ai-foundation-g7y3nowmn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Who governs the Model Context Protocol now that Anthropic donated it to a foundation?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"MCP is now a founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI with support from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg. 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