BRATISLAVA — May 19, 2026 — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity and a longtime pioneer in artificial intelligence, has joined the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) as a Silver Member*, strengthening its commitment to shaping safe, human-led agentic AI. Through its membership, ESET will contribute with independent, research-driven cybersecurity expertise to the global effort in advancing open protocols, cross-compatibility, and production-ready standards for AI agents.
The AAIF serves as a neutral, open foundation under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, where the open standard agentic AI stack is being built. The rapidly expanding membership underscores industry momentum toward shared standards as agentic AI moves from experimentation into real‑world deployment.
“Agentic AI is becoming a new digital perimeter. Shaping it demands purpose, disciplined engineering, and a security-first approach. For us, this is a natural continuation of work we’ve pursued for decades, developing AI that rises above short-term trends and is grounded in integrity and societal impact,” said Juraj Janošík, ESET VP of Artificial Intelligence.
By joining the AAIF, ESET reinforces its long‑standing focus on responsible innovation and security‑by‑design, supporting the development of open agentic AI systems that can be safely deployed at scale. As a dedicated cybersecurity member of the Agentic AI Foundation, ESET will work alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others to establish trusted standards and secure protocols for AI agent interoperability.
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* Since the Agentic AI Foundation operates under the Linux foundation, ESET automatically becomes part of the Linux Foundation ecosystem.
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