In this episode of Future Proof - Building AI products that last, we sit down with WorkOS founder and CEO, Michael Grinich, on what it takes to make MCPs production-ready.
We discuss:
- What it means to be ‘MC Pilled’
- What’s missing from MCP to make it enterprise-ready?
- How to build a product for a world of agentic users
Highlights
(0:00) Clips
(0:44) intro
(1:11) MCP night
(3:49) What is preventing demos from production ready AI agents
(6:41 ) Authorizing tools in MCP
(9:01) Should AI builders develop protocols themselves?
(11:11) When should you build a MCP server
(12:41) MCP ecommerce shop
(14:05) Why are permissions a problem in rag
(22:11) WorkOS acquisition of warrant (FGA)
(26:11) How auth changes once agents become common users of webapps (oAuth 3.0)
(30:11) How should builders shape their apps to be prepped for the future?
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