Linux Foundation launches Appia for standardization in the AI value chain
Linux Foundation launches Appia for standardization in the AI value chain
Publish Date: 2026-06-18 12:07:00
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The Linux Foundation has formed the Appia Foundation to provide modular specifications and to bridge the global standards with trusted assessments in the AI value chain.
Hosted under the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), Appia Foundation was created to address the challenges that come with changing regulations and standards.
With regulations moving to active enforcement, more value chain partners require evidence of trustworthy AI in contracts and vendor evaluations.
Meanwhile, international frameworks like ISO/IEC standards establish vital foundations, with the potential to unlock opportunities for a consistent, shared mechanism to translate these global rules.
Against this backdrop, Appia Foundation aims to provide an open connecting layer by building on international standards and established frameworks to develop publicly available global specifications.
The Linux Foundation said that the Appia specifications are organized across a Requirements and Guidance layer and an Assessment Enablement layer to offer the testing criteria, evaluation guidelines, and component typologies needed to effectively assess AI applications and processes.
“AI systems now make decisions about people’s loans, their children’s schools, and their jobs. People on the receiving end deserve to know those systems were built and assessed against criteria that hold up to scrutiny,” Craig Shank, executive director of the Appia Foundation, said.
“The Appia Foundation was formed to do that work: creating publicly available specifications that organizations across the AI value chain use to demonstrate their systems meet those criteria. By establishing this open framework, we are building the accountability layer required to scale safe and trusted AI across major industries.”
Some of the first members of the Appia Foundation include the likes of Ericsson, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Arm, Mitsubishi Electric, OpenAI, Schneider Electric, and Siemens.
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