Runlayer provides an enterprise platform for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling organisations to securely connect AI agents to their internal systems. The platform allows businesses to create, host, and scale MCP servers, with built-in threat detection, fine-grained permissions tied to identity providers, and unified observability dashboards. It is designed to address the security and governance challenges that arise when deploying AI agents across enterprise infrastructure.
The company emerged from stealth in early 2025 and has since signed eight unicorn and public company customers. Runlayer raised $11 million in seed funding. Its founding team includes alumni of Zapier's AI division, and the company counts the co-creator of MCP among its advisors.
Technical work at Runlayer spans AI agent orchestration, MCP server infrastructure, threat detection systems, identity provider integration, and observability tooling. The platform targets large enterprises seeking to operationalise AI agents while maintaining security controls and auditability across their technology stack.
