MCP (Model Context Protocol)

MCP is an open standard for connecting AI agents to your tools and data without custom-building each integration. Instead of wiring an agent to your CRM, your docs, and your database one bespoke connection at a time, you expose each as an MCP server and any MCP-aware agent can use it. It's been called the USB-C of AI integrations: one common plug.

For a founder this matters because integration is usually where AI projects stall. MCP turns a months-long custom build into connecting a server, and a growing catalogue of ready-made servers means many of your tools already have one. The payoff is reach: an agent that can read your live data and act in your real systems is worth far more than one stuck in a chat box. The trade-off is that every connected server widens what the agent can touch, so you grant access deliberately and keep the dangerous tools behind approval.