AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
Over the past 18 months, the largest AI companies in the world have quietly settled on an approach to building the next generation of apps and services - an approach that would allow AI agents from any company to easily access information and tools across the internet in a standardized way. It's a key step toward building a usable ecosystem of AI agents that might actually pay off some of the enormous investments these companies have made, and it all starts with three letters: MCP.
MCP, or Model Context Protocol, began as a passion project from two Anthropic employees, but since its creation in mid-2024, it's been widely adopted by companie ...