A neutral home for MCP, A2A, goose, and more | AAIF co-founder Manik Surtani

About this episode

MCP was already a hit before it had a neutral home. Then Manik Surtani helped launch the Agentic AI Foundation, and MCP's SDK downloads grew fivefold to over a billion. This week on Dev Interrupted, he joins Andrew to share why he expects the same kind of growth for A2A and the foundation's other newest projects, and why these protocols belong together in a neutral place. Manik also shares the unique reasons behind A2A’s rapid adoption in China’s mobile app ecosystem. They close the conversation on why open source projects like Goose now want your ideas instead of your pull requests, and the neverending roadshow making it all possible out in the community right now. Save your seat: What your software factory is doing to your engineers Join us at AGNTCon + MCPCon on Oct 22 & 23 in San Jose. Use code MEDIA25 for 25% off your ticket. Follow the show: • Subscribe to our Substack  • Follow us on LinkedIn • Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Follow the hosts: • Follow Andrew • Follow Ben • Follow Dan Follow today's guest: • Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF): The foundation's home for working groups, blogs, events and news https://aaif.io • The Daily Agentic AI Newsletter: The AAIF's news