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mcp-use

Summer 2025 · Active

Open-source dev tools and infrastructure for MCP.

Founded: 2025

Team size: 3

About

mcp-use provides open-source dev tools and infrastructure for MCP to help dev teams quickly build and deploy custom AI agents with MCP servers. Our library has over 170,000 downloads and 7,000 stars, and is used by hundreds of engineers at big enterprises. We provide a hosted and self-hosted platform that manages auth, access control, and multi-user environments for secure MCP agents deployment at scale.

Founders

  • Pietro ZulloFounder

    Founder/CEO of mcp-use (S25). Second time founder, previously at AlterEgo in Zurich, I built a state of the art technology to simulate clothing in real time on human avatars for e-commerce, used by thousands of shoppers and by a governmental agency. MSc in Mechanical Engineer and Robotics ETHZ (#5 World) with publications in major control system conference about game theoretical planning for autonomous vehicles.

  • Luigi PederzaniFounder

    Founder/co-CEO @ mcp-use (S25). 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 an $XXM RFP @ Accenture Switzerland. MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from POLIMI (QS #1 IT, #5 EU, #13 World). Former YouTube creator (150k subs, 15M+ views).