Today we’re announcing something I’m incredibly proud of: Obot AI is donating the MCP Dev Summit to the Linux Foundation, where it will continue under the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF). After two amazing events last year in San Francisco and London, the Dev Summit will officially transition into the Linux Foundation beginning with the April 2–3, 2026 event in New York.
You can already see the new home of the conference here: events.linuxfoundation.org/mcp-dev-summit-north-america.
And yes — the Call for Papers is now open: sessionize.com/MCP-Dev-Summit-NYC-2026.
This is a big moment — not just for Obot, not just for MCP, but for the entire agentic AI community.
Why This Matters — for MCP, for Agents, and for Everyone
The growth of MCP this past year has been remarkable. It’s become the standard way for agents to connect to tools, data, and applications — with adoption far beyond what any of us imagined when all of this began.
But with that growth comes a responsibility: to ensure MCP and the broader agent ecosystem have a neutral, open, community-governed home that can steward it for years to come. The creation of the Agentic AI Foundation gives us exactly that.
By donating the Dev Summit to the Linux Foundation and placing it under AAIF, we’re setting up a sustainable home for collaboration, discovery, and standards development — a place where contributors from across the ecosystem can work together without vendor lock-in or platform bias.
Gratitude — To the Leaders Who Made This Possible
I want to especially thank David Soria Parra for his leadership in donating MCP and helping establish the Agentic AI Foundation, and thank Anthropic for supporting open standards. His vision and dedication were essential in building a long-term path for the community.
And to everyone who has contributed — whether through code, documentation, integrations, community events, or the Dev Summits themselves — thank you. MCP has grown the way it has because of you.
What This Means for Obot AI — and Where We Go From Here
For Obot AI, donating the Dev Summit isn’t stepping back — it’s leaning forward. We’re proud to be a founding member of AAIF, and we’re fully committed to helping guide this next phase of MCP and agentic AI. We remain committed to making Obot an open source platform for anyone trying to manage and secure MCPs within their organization.
I’m genuinely excited to continue driving the community and supporting the evolution of the Dev Summit as it becomes a truly open, global gathering under the Linux Foundation.
The next event — MCP Dev Summit North America, April 2–3, 2026 in New York — will be the first under the new foundation. The Call for Papers is now open, and I hope many of you will submit sessions, demos, and ideas. This is the community’s stage now, and I can’t wait to see what you bring.
We have the momentum, the structure, and — most importantly — the community to take agentic AI from promise to global impact. And I’m excited for Obot to help lead that journey.
