Manufact (formerly mcp-use)

Open source SDK & cloud infrastructure for MCP Servers & ChatGPT Apps

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveB2BInfrastructureArtificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsB2BOpen Source

What they do

Problem

Developers lack fast, standardized tooling and infrastructure to build, deploy, and expose MCP servers and apps for AI agents and ChatGPT/Claude integrations.

Solution

An open-source SDK plus managed cloud infrastructure to create, deploy, and connect MCP Servers and MCP Apps to codebases and make them available to AI agents and ChatGPT/Claude.

Who it's for

Software developers and engineering teams, including large enterprises, building AI agent integrations and ChatGPT/Claude apps.

Founders

Pietro Zullo

Founder

Building Manufact (formerly mcp-use) (S25).

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Luigi Pederzani

Founder

Co-founder @ Manufact (fka mcp-use). Prev. Founding eng. @ Morgen (ETH spin-off AI startup used by teams at Spotify, GitHub, Linear, and Canva). Led a 12-engineer team to deliver $XXM projects @ Accenture Switzerland. MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from POLIMI (QS #1 IT, #5 EU, #13 World). Former YouTube creator (150k subs, 15M+ views).

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