Startuply.vc · May 2026
Coverage of Metorial's open-source traction, funding context, and competitive landscape versus Composio, Arcade, and Nango.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Metorial is a YC-backed open-source integration and access-control layer for AI agents and MCP clients. It helps teams connect approved tools, manage identity and permissions, and trace agent activity in production.
Primary product
Agentic infrastructure for AI-native companies: Metorial Portals, Magic MCP, and Protoguard for secure MCP/tool access.
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI integration platform / MCP infrastructure
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
freemium
subscription SaaS
usage-based overages
enterprise licensing
open-source + hosted cloud
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Nov 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Nov 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Builder-first and craft-oriented, with repeated emphasis on speed, clarity, intent, enterprise-grade reliability, strong foundations, design, and durability.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job postings show remote engineering roles with base salaries around $100k-$180k and 1%-2% equity.
Benefits
remote roles
equity compensation
Product & market
Pricing
Free dev tier, $250/month scale tier, and custom enterprise pricing with usage-based overages on tool calls/callbacks.
Differentiators
- —Open-source and self-hostable platform
- —Serverless MCP runtime with sub-second cold starts
- —OAuth handled end-to-end
- —Per-user and per-group access control via SSO/SAML/SCIM
- —Tracing, audit logs, and security controls
- —Large integration catalog (1,000+ integrations / 600+ MCP servers)
- —Enterprise-grade governance for agent access
Technology
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
OAuth
SSO
SAML
SCIM
RBAC
IAM
Python SDK
JavaScript SDK
Stripe
Nomad
Vault
Consul
AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
Customers
AI-native companies
developers
startups
unicorns
Fortune 500 companies
enterprises
teams building agentic workflows
Competitors
Composio
Arcade
Nango
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
7.8K
Latest news
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
Launch post describing Metorial as a serverless MCP platform with 600+ servers, OAuth support, sub-second cold starts, and early enterprise/startup pilots.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
Launch post for Magic MCP, emphasizing zero-config access to 600+ integrations for MCP clients such as Cursor and Claude Code.
Fondo · Feb 2026
Independent launch coverage describing Metorial's open-source infrastructure, three-click deployment, and use by engineers at large tech companies and Fortune 500 pilots.
Y Combinator · Nov 2025
YC company profile for Metorial; confirms the founders, 2025 founding year, Fall 2025 batch, and the company's MCP/integration-layer positioning.
Jobs and careers at Metorial
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