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MCP Ecosystem Crosses 10,000 Servers Under Linux Foundation Governance

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MCP now has 97M+ monthly SDK downloads. First-class client support across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and VS Code. Governed by the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI. AAIF also hosts Goose (open-source agent framework) and AGENTS.md (project guidance standard).

If you haven't built MCP servers for your APIs, you are invisible to the fastest-growing agent ecosystem.

Source: Linux Foundation

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AAIFAgentic AI FoundationAnthropicAPIsBlockChatGPTClaudeCursorGeminiGooseGovernedLinux FoundationMCPMCP Ecosystem CrossesMicrosoft CopilotOpenAI

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