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A milestone for agentic AI: @blocks joins as a founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) at the Linux Foundation. Together with Anthropic and OpenAI, AAIF provides a neutral home for open, community-driven agentic AI and shared standards. Read the full blog from Block
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Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI have launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAF). Learn about this new non-profit organization dedicated to making agentic AI safe, accessible, and beneficial for everyone.
Today we're launching the Agentic AI Foundation with @Anthropic, @OpenAI, and industry leaders: a new @LinuxFoundation initiative to keep agentic AI open source and community-driven. @goose_OSS and @Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) are founding projects. Read more:
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It was back in March that I first started considering moving goose to the Linux Foundation. And rather than do it alone, we joined forces with Anthropic, OpenAI, and many more - and finally, here we are!
Big news: Block, @Anthropic, and @OpenAI are launching the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new @LinuxFoundation directed fund for open source agentic AI. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Amazon are already committed. https://t.co/PHX1342Dnh 🧵
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goose will become the reference implementation for the MCP
Big news: Block, @Anthropic, and @OpenAI are launching the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new @LinuxFoundation directed fund for open source agentic AI. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Amazon are already committed. https://t.co/PHX1342Dnh 🧵
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The next decade of AI will be defined by choices we make today. By launching AAIF, the industry is choosing openness. The future is being written in the open. Read more: https://t.co/0DPRh8Cqvl
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Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI have launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAF). Learn about this new non-profit organization dedicated to making agentic AI safe, accessible, and beneficial for everyone.
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Get involved: ✅ Contribute to AAIF projects ✅ Propose new projects ✅ Attend events ✅ Join technical discussions AAIF succeeds only if it represents the community, not just interests of the privileged few.
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That’s why 🪿goose is joining AAIF as a founding project! It will transition to community governance under the AAIF while maintaining its open source license and commercial-friendly terms.
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The Internet, Linux, and the Web succeeded because they were OPEN. Agentic AI deserves the same opportunity.
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Without coordinated open development, we risk: - Innovation constraints that slow breakthroughs - Integration challenges that limit adoption - Accessibility barriers for smaller organizations - Research limitations that slow progress
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Why this matters: Agentic AI systems (AI that takes action, uses tools, and works autonomously) are reshaping how we build and work. As this technology matures, we have an opportunity to shape its future: will it be open and interoperable, or fragmented and a walled garden?
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AAIF will provide neutral governance for open source agentic AI projects, fund conferences, build interoperability standards, and much more
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Big news: Block, @Anthropic, and @OpenAI are launching the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new @LinuxFoundation directed fund for open source agentic AI. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Amazon are already committed. https://t.co/PHX1342Dnh 🧵
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Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is the neutral and open foundation built on transparency, collaboration, and standardization to advance the public interest in agentic AI innovation.
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