[Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation Reveals MCP Call Volume Surged 98-Fold in Eight Months] According to Flop Labs, the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation reported that the number of MCP tool calls initiated by ChatGPT users increased 98-fold from January to August this year, with related SDK monthly downloads nearing 500 million. The following day, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined the foundation's board of directors. Flop Labs noted that these calls, initiated by AI agents rather than users directly, are billed per use, reflecting a rapid rise in compute power demand driven by agents. They also stated that funds held by agents should be directly exchangeable for compute power, which forms the design basis of their token, FLOP.