RiskMandateLinux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation)
Based in United States; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.
On this page
| What they do | The Linux Foundation hosts open-source projects; the speaker is Executive Director of its Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a neutral foundation for open standards in agentic AI. |
| Based in | United States |
| At Web Summit as | a speaker's company |
| Confirmed for 2026 | Yes: Mazin Gilbert (Executive Director) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'Why AI agents stall at the production line' |
| Website | aaif.io |
| Filed under | AI agents |
Its flows, and where AI agents are in them
We have not mapped Linux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation)'s flows yet: how work moves through its product, from a request to a result, and at which steps an AI agent acts. We map them only from public pages (its own site and documentation, its talks), each step with its source, and never guess. If you are at Linux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation), the quickest way to get this right is to tell us how it works.
Our question for them
As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Linux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation) yet. When they answer, it goes here.
- Reach What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
- Mandate What were they authorised to do?
- Gap Who controls the gap between the two?
Where this comes from
- websummit.com/sessions/lis26/1520fda2-92bb-4e9c-8843-1582aa04c031/why-, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'Why AI agents stall at the production line', 11 Nov, AI Summit, Stage 13, names Linux Foundation as the speaker's organisation.
- websummit.com/attendees/lis26/e1bd2291-cb3a-418d-bd45-bfbe54e004ac/maz, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: Mazin Gilbert, Executive Director, Linux Foundation; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio.
- aaif.io/, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description).
- www.linuxfoundation.org/, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the Linux Foundation is, from its own site.
Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:49 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live.
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