It's the latest saga between the two companies after Rippling spent nearly a year testing the startup's MCP product. The two companies never agreed on a price, and the trial never turned into a paid contract. Instead, Rippling built its own MCP server, and will soon offer it as a product that competes with Runlayer. (Rippling often turns its internally used tech into products, like its recently released AI Spend Console.) Runlayer, which launched its product about a year ago, bundles an MCP gateway with cybersecurity features like threat detection. MCP is an open standard that allows AI agents to connect with data and software systems needed to work independently. Runlayer has raised a total of $42 million and was founded by third-time founder Andrew Berman. (His previous companies were baby-monitor maker Nanit and an AI video conferencing tool Vowel, which sold to Zapier in 2024). Rippling became one of Runlayer's earliest potential customers trialing its software. The most...
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