Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Agentic AI Foundation Under Linux Foundation
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Summary
Anthropic is donating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation. MCP will become a founding project of this foundation, ensuring vendor-neutral governance for the protocol's future. The protocol has seen rapid adoption with over 97 million monthly SDK downloads, 10,000 active servers, and first-class client support across major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Visual Studio Code.
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MCP will become a founding project of the newly created foundation.
Over 97 million monthly SDK downloads, 10,000 active servers and first-class client support across major AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Visual Studio Code and many more.
Since its inception, we've remained committed to ensuring MCP
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