In a significant step forward for the agentic AI ecosystem, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is proud to announce our Gold membership in the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation. Launched on December 9, 2025, the AAIF brings together key open-source projects like OpenAI’s AGENTS.md and Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) to foster transparent, collaborative development of foundational agentic AI technologies.
Our involvement in the AAIF builds on OCI’s longstanding dedication to open-source innovation and interoperability. A strong proof point of this commitment is our role as a formative member of the AGNTCY project, also hosted by the Linux Foundation, since its formation in July 2025. Initiated by Cisco’s Outshift incubator, AGNTCY establishes open standards for multi-agent system infrastructure, enabling discovery, identity, messaging, and observability across diverse AI agents. As an active technical advisor and partner in AGNTCY, Oracle is helping shape an “Internet of Agents” that prioritizes openness, security, and community-driven progress.
The Power of Interoperability: Connecting Systems of Record with Agentic AI
Agentic AI is transforming how businesses operate by enabling autonomous agents to reason, plan, and act across complex workflows. However, true value emerges when these agents seamlessly integrate with enterprise systems of record such as CRMs, ERPs, HR platforms, and supply chains.
Standards like MCP provide a universal protocol for connecting AI models to tools, data, and applications, while frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph foster reliable, predictable behavior. When combined with multi-agent orchestration, these open building blocks act as a force multiplier, allowing agents to span departments, applications, and even organizations. This interoperability unlocks automation at scale, reduces repetitive tasks, and drives efficiency across core business processes.
Scaling with Agent Fleets: OCI’s Vision and Best Practices
As generative AI evolves from individual productivity tools to autonomous operations, we’re entering the era of agent fleets, or coordinated groups of specialized AI agents working together to tackle complex, high-volume tasks.
To understand how agent fleets build on simpler approaches, consider this progression:
- Single agents excel in focused domains, like an HR assistant answering policy questions within a portal.
- Cross-application agents extend further, integrating data and actions across multiple systems—for example, using Oracle Fusion Apps and OCI AI services to create seamless experiences.
- Agent fleets take this to the next level: multiple agents collaborate dynamically, with specialization in areas like data retrieval, transaction processing, or compliance checks. This enables scalability, resilience, and sophisticated multi-step automation.
Consider a common enterprise headache like booking business travel. An agent fleet could handle the entire process autonomously—a supervisor agent delegates to specialized sub-agents for flights, hotels, approvals, and expense reports—all while accessing relevant knowledge bases and tools securely.
To manage fleets at enterprise scale, an agent registry is essential. It serves as a centralized directory for tracking identity, capabilities, permissions, versions, and logs, ensuring governance, security, and efficient orchestration.
Oracle is at the forefront of this evolution. Our OCI AI services actively support emerging protocols like MCP and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communications. This positions us to deliver scalable, interoperable agent ecosystems that integrate natively with the systems of records enterprises use today.
To help organizations deploy these multi-agent systems reliably and securely, here are some key best practices we’ve embraced and recommend:
- Keeping control flows simple with centralized orchestration.
- Managing context effectively using protocols like MCP for real-time data sharing.
- Defining clear roles, interactions, error handling, and timeouts.
- Enforcing robust security, compliance, and observability at every layer.
By following these practices, organizations can confidently scale agent fleets while maintaining the transparency and control essential for enterprise environments.
Join the Future of Agentic AI with Oracle Cloud
Oracle’s support for the AAIF and AGNTCY underscores our belief in an open, collaborative future for agentic AI. A future that benefits everyone through shared standards and innovation.
We’re excited to help you build and scale your own agentic solutions. Enroll in our open beta programs today for early access to the latest innovations in OCI Generative AI services, including advanced agent capabilities. Get started with our solution guides and resources at oracle.com/ai, or contact our teams to explore how agentic AI can transform your enterprise.