Building the Internet of Agents in the Open

AI agents can now plan tasks and use tools, and they increasingly need to work with agents built by other companies. Agents can only work with each other across companies if developers share open protocols and standards that no single company controls. The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) was formed under the Linux Foundation in December 2025 to give these standards a neutral home. In less than a year, the foundation has grown from three projects, including the Model Context Protocol (MCP), to ten projects and more than 300 members. In this talk, I’ll explain how these projects let agents connect and work together, and I’ll cover the open problems in security and trust where students and researchers can contribute.
Co-sponsored by: Santa Clara University
Room: 116, Bldg: Bergin Hall, Santa Clara University , 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053