MCP tool calls initiated by ChatGPT users increased 98-fold from January to August, while monthly downloads of related SDKs are approaching 500 million, the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation said. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined the foundation's board the following day. Flop Labs said the calls are initiated by AI agents rather than directly by users and are billed per call, highlighting rising demand for computing power driven by agents. The project said agent-held funds should be directly convertible into computing power, forming the design basis for its $FLOP token.