EdgeLake Advances to LF Edge Stage 2, Redefining How AI Interacts with Edge Data Through MCP

• EdgeLake’s advancement to LF Edge Stage 2 (Growth) signals growing adoption and maturity, reinforcing LF Edge’s momentum in production-ready edge infrastructure.

• With MCP enabling real-time AI access to live edge data without centralization, EdgeLake strengthens LF Edge’s momentum in AI-native, production-ready edge architectures.

• LF Edge projects are seeing increased cross-community collaboration and real-world implementations, demonstrating how open source edge infrastructure is advancing across industries.

SAN FRANCISCO — February 2, 2026 — LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation that has created an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, cloud, or operating system, today announced that its EdgeLake project has advanced from Stage 1 (“At-Large”) to Stage 2 (“Growth”) within LF Edge. The project’s progression reflects increasing adoption, growing contributor momentum, and readiness for broader production use across edge and industrial environments.

As part of this momentum, EdgeLake has introduced an implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling AI agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) to access and reason over live edge data directly, without centralizing data or relying on traditional analytics stacks.

Move to Stage 2 (Growth) Signals Maturity and Industry Momentum

LF Edge Stage 2 projects demonstrate sustained community growth, mature governance, and expanding real-world adoption. EdgeLake’s promotion reflects continued progress across key areas, including:

• Active global contributors and adopters
• Production deployments across industrial and infrastructure environments
• Alignment with enterprise requirements and open standards approaches
• Momentum toward decentralized, AI-driven edge architectures

“EdgeLake’s advancement to Stage 2 reflects the project’s growing adoption and strong alignment with LF Edge’s mission to enable scalable, open, and interoperable edge solutions,” said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation. “Capabilities like MCP demonstrate how open source edge platforms can enable real-time AI and data intelligence where it matters most: at the edge.”

“Stage 2 validates EdgeLake as a foundational data layer for agentic AI at the edge,” said Moshe Shadmon, Founder and CEO of AnyLog. “With MCP and a unified namespace, we’re removing the need for centralized analytics stacks and specialized intermediaries, allowing AI agents to reason directly over live operational data, securely and in real time.”

MCP Enables Direct, Self-Service AI Access to Live Edge Data

EdgeLake’s MCP implementation allows AI agents and applications to query and interact with distributed edge data using natural language, SQL, and Unified Namespace (UNS) hierarchies. This approach reduces the need for centralized BI platforms, custom dashboards, and specialized data science workflows traditionally required to make operational data usable for AI.

Unlike traditional environments that depend on cloud ingestion, ETL processes, and centralized intermediaries, EdgeLake’s MCP capabilities enable:

• Direct AI access to operational edge data in place
• Self-service intelligence without dashboards, reports, or custom models
• Reduced dependency on centralized BI systems
• Reduced reliance on scarce data science resources
• Faster time-to-insight, from question to action, in real time

By exposing edge data as AI-ready context, MCP helps transform environments from factories and transportation systems to smart cities, energy grids, and defense infrastructure into intelligent, queryable systems accessible by both humans and autonomous agents.

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LF Edge Advancing Cross-Project Implementations

LF Edge continues to accelerate adoption of open, interoperable edge infrastructure through cross-project collaboration across Linux Foundation communities. A recent LF Edge case study highlights an exploratory Proof of Concept (PoC) integrating LF Edge’s InstantX with Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) to enable Vehicle-to-Cloud (V2C) communication using open source technologies, including real-time vehicle telemetry streaming via lightweight messaging and a modular architecture that supports future expansion. View the case study here.

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Media Contact:

Sunny Schatz

scai@linuxfoundation.org

The Linux Foundation