{
  "dataset": "glossary",
  "record": {
    "id": "aaif",
    "term": "Agentic AI Infrastructure Foundation (AAIF)",
    "category": "protocols",
    "short_def": "A Linux Foundation body, formed in December 2025, that provides neutral governance for core agentic-web standards including MCP, A2A and AGENTS.md.",
    "long_def": "The AAIF (Agentic AI Foundation) was formed under the Linux Foundation on 9 December 2025 to steward agent infrastructure as vendor-neutral commons. Platinum members are AWS, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI; its inaugural projects are the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the goose agent and AGENTS.md.",
    "see_also": [
      "mcp",
      "a2a",
      "agents-md"
    ],
    "etymology_origin": "Formed under the Linux Foundation in December 2025 as the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF); platinum members include AWS, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.",
    "related_to": [
      "mcp",
      "a2a",
      "agents-md",
      "ucp",
      "agntcy"
    ],
    "contrast_with": "Unlike a single protocol such as MCP or A2A, the AAIF is the governance meta-entity that holds several of them — it does not define a wire format; it provides the neutral home that keeps them vendor-independent.",
    "example": "The AAIF, formed under the Linux Foundation in December 2025, houses MCP, A2A v1.0, AGENTS.md and UCP, with platinum members including Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.",
    "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation",
    "status": "active",
    "why_it_matters": "The AAIF is the neutral-governance anchor that makes the agentic web's core protocols safe to adopt — a site betting on MCP or A2A is betting on standards a vendor cannot unilaterally control.",
    "sameAs": [],
    "bridge_entity": "protocols",
    "last_verified": "2026-06-15",
    "md_twin": "/glossary/aaif.md"
  }
}