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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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.
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.
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 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.
Feast is an open-source Feature Store solution initiated by the Tecton team and has become a Linux Foundation AI project.
Projects 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.
CNCF 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.
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A2A和MCP在2025年底被捐赠给Linux Foundation旗下的Agentic AI Foundation共同治理
80%Partially VerifiedThe 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.
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%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%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%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%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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