# Agent Name Service joins Linux Foundation with early platform support

_Published Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 7:18 AM EST · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Agent Name Service has launched as a Linux Foundation project, the foundation announced on November 10. The open standard uses the Domain Name System and certificates used by websites to name AI agents, publish their identities and let other systems verify them.

The formalized specification comprises seven documents covering registration, versioning, identity publication, public log auditing, integrity monitoring and authentication between agents. A technical steering committee will govern its development.

Eleven organizations support the project. AGNTCY's Agent Directory Service supports ANS identity verification, while ANS Finder implements Agentic Resource Discovery and passes its registry conformance tests. These integrations establish early use across platforms.

## Sources

- [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/linux-foundation-welcomes-agent-name-160000546.html)

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