# Agentic AI Infrastructure Foundation (AAIF)

> A Linux Foundation body, formed in December 2025, that provides neutral governance for core agentic-web standards including MCP, A2A and AGENTS.md.

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- **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