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Greetings from Terminal 4 at JFK. I'm on my way to POSSIBLE Miami (I hope to see you there).
You may not have heard the initialism MCP, but you’re going to start hearing about it now. A lot. It's a relatively new protocol that is already speeding up the development and deployment of agents and agentic systems.
As of April 2025, every leading foundational model builder including OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon has committed to adopting Model Context Protocol (MCP). What began in November 2024 as an initiative from Anthropic has quickly evolved into the new open standard for AI interoperability. This is bigger than it sounds. Much bigger. . -s
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named he covers tech and business for , is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular . He's a , and the creator of the popular, free online course, . Follow or visit .
