Jim Zemlin
CEO of the Linux Foundation who facilitated the formation of the Agentic AI Foundation and oversees neutral governance and community building for projects like MCP.
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Dec 27, 2025 • 1h 39min
One Year of MCP — with David Soria Parra and AAIF leads from OpenAI, Goose, Linux Foundation
David Soria Parra, the lead core maintainer of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) at Anthropic, shares insights from MCP’s rapid ascent in the AI world. Joined by Nick Cooper from OpenAI and Jim Zemlin, CEO of the Linux Foundation, they discuss the journey from Thanksgiving hackathons to widespread enterprise adoption. The trio explores the design challenges of ensuring interoperability between agents, the decision to join the AAIF for neutral governance, and how MCP enhances agent capabilities while maintaining flexibility and security.
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Sep 2, 2025 • 29min
The Linux Foundation In The Age Of AI
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, delves into the fragmented world of open source AI. He discusses the shift from foundational to open-weight models and emphasizes the need for a unified structure while valuing innovation. Zemlin views the industry's challenges regarding model transparency and the costs of developing frontier AI models with a pragmatic lens. He also highlights the growing open-source culture in China and the impacts of global regulations on the open source community, underscoring the fine balance between scale and agility.
