Anthropic MCP Crosses 97 Million Monthly SDK Downloads — 'The Protocol War Is Over'
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Anthropic's Model Context Protocol hit 97 million monthly SDK downloads as of March 25, up from ~2 million at launch in November 2024 (4,750% growth in 16 months). Every major AI provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS) now ships MCP-compatible tooling, and the ecosystem has grown to 5,800+ community and enterprise servers. MCP moved to Linux Foundation governance, cementing it as the universal standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data sources.