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Manufact Raises $6.3M To Expand MCP Infrastructure
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Manufact Inc., founded in 2025, announced it raised $6.3 million in seed funding led by Peak XV to build infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The startup offers the open-source mcp-use SDK for connecting LLM-based agents to models, tools and services, reporting 3 million MCP server downloads in Q4 2025 and 5 million total today.
Key Points
- 1Raises $6.3 million seed round led by Peak XV to fund MCP infrastructure and growth
- 2Offers open-source SDK mcp-use to standardize agent integrations across models, tools, and services
- 3Enables faster prototyping-to-production by hosting deployments and handling operational complexity for teams
Scoring Rationale
Strong product-market fit and official funding increase impact; limited novelty beyond standardizing MCP and shallow coverage.
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