Why MCP products struggle with enterprise adoption | Michael Grinich, CEO and Founder WorkOS

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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