Linux Foundation
A non-profit open-source foundation that hosts the Linux kernel and numerous open-source projects. It manages project assets and trademarks through neutral governance rules and operates directed fund structures beneath it to support standards in specific domains.
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`AGENTS.md` is a community-driven open specification hosted by the Linux Foundation, aimed at providing a unified project instruction entry point for AI agents.
OpenAI, together with Anthropic, supported the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation.
MCP has now been handed over to the Linux Foundation to be maintained as an open standard.
OutShift's open-source project Agency has been donated to the Linux Foundation, with the goal of establishing open standards for interoperability between agents.
ACP is a protocol released by IBM in March 2025 that powers the BeeAI platform. In August 2025, IBM Research and Google announced that ACP would merge with A2A under the Linux Foundation's LF AI & Data.
A2A was announced by Google in April 2025, donated to the Linux Foundation as an independent project on June 23, 2025, and moved under the AAIF on August 18, 2026.
The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, not an independent legal entity, jointly initiated by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, and supported by AWS, Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg.
AAIF operates as a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, inheriting LF's neutrality rules, with asset and trademark ownership belonging to the foundation rather than a single donor, and members obtaining seats according to their funding tier.
The x402 protocol lets a server request stablecoin payment via the HTTP 402 status code before returning a resource, and it is already live and governed by the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
Open-source governance organizations such as the Apache Software Foundation and the Linux Foundation have independent committees, transparent decision-making processes, and conflict-of-interest recusal mechanisms.
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The x402 protocol lets a server request stablecoin payment via the HTTP 402 status code before returning a resource, and it is already live and governed by the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
85%UnverifiedA2A和MCP在2025年底被捐赠给Linux Foundation旗下的Agentic AI Foundation共同治理
80%UnverifiedCNCF is a sub-foundation under the Linux Foundation responsible for incubating and promoting the cloud-native technology ecosystem, with graduated projects including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy.
60%Unverified`AGENTS.md` is a community-driven open specification hosted by the Linux Foundation, aimed at providing a unified project instruction entry point for AI agents.
50%UnverifiedMCP has now been handed over to the Linux Foundation to be maintained as an open standard.
50%UnverifiedOutShift's open-source project Agency has been donated to the Linux Foundation, with the goal of establishing open standards for interoperability between agents.
50%UnverifiedThe Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, not an independent legal entity, jointly initiated by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI, and supported by AWS, Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg.
50%UnverifiedAAIF operates as a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, inheriting LF's neutrality rules, with asset and trademark ownership belonging to the foundation rather than a single donor, and members obtaining seats according to their funding tier.
50%UnverifiedOpen-source governance organizations such as the Apache Software Foundation and the Linux Foundation have independent committees, transparent decision-making processes, and conflict-of-interest recusal mechanisms.
50%UnverifiedFeast is an open-source Feature Store solution initiated by the Tecton team and has become a Linux Foundation AI project.
50%UnverifiedProjects under the Linux Foundation adopt a vendor-neutral governance model, jointly funded by multiple companies and governed through democratic decision-making by a technical steering committee; Kubernetes, Node.js, and other projects follow this model.
50%UnverifiedOpenAI, together with Anthropic, supported the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation.
50%UnverifiedACP is a protocol released by IBM in March 2025 that powers the BeeAI platform. In August 2025, IBM Research and Google announced that ACP would merge with A2A under the Linux Foundation's LF AI & Data.
50%UnverifiedA2A was announced by Google in April 2025, donated to the Linux Foundation as an independent project on June 23, 2025, and moved under the AAIF on August 18, 2026.
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