Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps
Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps
Publish Date: 2026-03-11 12:01:00
Source Domain: venturebeat.com
- Startup Manufact is focused on creating software for AI agents rather than individual human users.
- The company raised $6.3 million in seed funding led by Peak XV, with other investors also participating.
- Manufact aims to build tools and cloud infrastructure that allow AI agents to interact easily with software through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- The MCP protocol, developed by Anthropic, has become a universal standard for connecting AI agents to software. Over 10,000 MCP servers now operate globally.
- Manufact offers an open-source SDK, a testing suite, and a cloud platform to simplify the infrastructure needed for AI agents.
- While Manufact currently has no paying customers, the founders aim to reach $2-3 million in annual recurring revenue by 2026.
- Without infrastructure to support AI agents, software companies risk becoming “systems of record”, losing interactions to AI agents.
- Manufact’s success will be measured by the percentage of global AI tool calls that go through its infrastructure.
