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Airbyte, the open data movement platform known for its extensive connector ecosystem, has joined the Linux Foundation's newly established Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) as a Silver Member. This membership strengthens Airbyte’s role in advancing secure, governed, and scalable data integration essential for the reliable operation of next-generation agentic AI systems across enterprises.
As organizations transition from conversational AI to autonomous agent systems capable of independent action and collaboration, high-quality, governed data becomes the foundation of success. Without secure, real-time, and policy-compliant access to diverse data sources, agents risk operating on incomplete, outdated, or unauthorized information—undermining trust, compliance, and performance.
Airbyte’s modern data integration platform addresses this need by enabling seamless connectivity across operational and analytical systems. Its connector ecosystem supports structured and unstructured data, low-code/no-code development, and multi-cloud/hybrid environments, ensuring agents receive timely, contextual signals while enforcing governance and security standards.
“Agentic AI is only as strong as the data it can securely and reliably access,” said Michel Tricot, CEO and co-founder, Airbyte. “Joining the Agentic AI Foundation aligns with our mission to help organizations unify and activate their data across the stack – so AI agents can operate with context, governance, and confidence.”
Through the Agentic AI Foundation, Airbyte will collaborate with technology leaders, enterprises, and innovators to establish best practices and reference architectures. Key focus areas include:
This participation supports broader initiatives to create production-ready infrastructure patterns that enable enterprises to adopt agentic AI confidently and at scale.
“We are seeing AI enter a new phase, as conversational systems shift to autonomous agents that can work together. Within just one year, MCP, AGENTS.md and goose have become essential tools for developers building this new class of agentic technologies,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. “Bringing these projects together under the AAIF ensures they can grow with the transparency and stability that only open governance provides. The Linux Foundation is proud to serve as the neutral home where they will continue to build AI infrastructure the world will rely on.”
Airbyte’s involvement reinforces its position as a key enabler of the data backbone required for the agentic AI era, helping organizations move from experimentation to reliable, governed production deployments.
About Airbyte
Airbyte, the open data movement platform, empowers data teams in the AI era by transforming raw data into actionable insights with the industry’s largest ecosystem of connectors. Committed to best-in-class security and compliance standards, Airbyte offers low-code, no-code, and AI-powered connector development for structured and unstructured data. Teams can manage pipelines via API, Terraform, AI Connector Builder UI, and Python libraries across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Trusted by 7,000 enterprises, Airbyte is the go-to solution for modern data management.
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