MCP Manager
Category: AI Infrastructure
MCP Manager is a governance platform (MCP gateway) for the Model Context Protocol that gives IT and security teams a central control plane to provision, secure, monitor, and enforce policies on AI agents' access to enterprise data and tools. MCP Manager was founded in 2025. The company is led by Michael "Yaro" Yaroshefsky. Based in New York City, USA. Team size: 11-50. Latest round: Acquired. Key investors include Bessemer Venture Partners.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- New York City, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
Value proposition
Provides a production-grade MCP gateway that sits between AI clients (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Copilot) and MCP servers, delivering a single control plane for every agent connection — with RBAC, audit logs, PII detection/filtering, SSO, policy enforcement, and observability — so organizations can deploy AI agents safely and stay compliant with regulations like the EU AI Act.
Products and solutions
MCP Manager (MCP Gateway) — enterprise-grade AI governance platform with private MCP registry, RBAC, audit logs, PII detection and filtering (powered by Microsoft Presidio), SSO, rug-pull protection, and policy enforcement. Supports remote (HTTP/SSE) and local (STDIO) MCP servers, and works with any MCP-compatible AI client.
Unique value
The only production-grade MCP gateway on the market at launch combining observability, security, consent enforcement, and effortless deployment — extending privacy consent frameworks into AI-driven workflows, making Usercentrics the first major global data-privacy leader to govern AI data access.
Target customer
Enterprise IT and security teams deploying AI agents that connect to internal and external data sources via MCP; organizations needing AI governance, consent enforcement, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, EU AI Act, CCPA).
Industries served
Cross-industry AI governance, privacy/compliance (GDPR, EU AI Act, CCPA), marketing technology (via Usercentrics Privacy-Led Marketing), enterprise software broadly.
Technology advantage
Team includes contributors to the official MCP spec and the OpenAI agents SDK spec; runtime PII detection powered by Microsoft Presidio; over a decade of integration technology experience (built AI/integration features in Visor); deep AI infrastructure expertise from Salesforce and Amazon.
How they differentiate
Focuses on consent enforcement and privacy governance as the core value (not just security/access control), positioning MCP as the natural enforcement point for consent and compliance — differentiating from security-first competitors like RunLayer by tying AI data governance directly to privacy regulation and consent frameworks.
Main competitors
RunLayer (MCP security/access control, $11M from Khosla/Felicis), MintMCP (enterprise MCP gateway), Obot (open-source MCP gateway), Kong AI Gateway, SurePath AI, Composio.
Key partnerships
Acquired by Usercentrics (Jan 2026), integrations with Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, VSCode, Salesforce, GitHub, Slack, Atlassian, Google Drive
Major milestones
Launched out of New York City in 2025, built the only production-grade MCP gateway on the market, acquired by Usercentrics on January 14, 2026 (financial terms undisclosed), founder Michael Yaroshefsky joined Usercentrics as VP of AI / Chief AI Officer (CAIO).
Market positioning
Positioned as the first major global data-privacy leader to extend consent and data guardrails into AI workflows; acquired by Usercentrics to form a unified Privacy-Led Marketing Suite governing data across websites, apps, internal systems, and consumer-facing AI agents.
Geographic focus
US (New York City) and Europe (via Usercentrics, Munich-based); global privacy regulation focus (EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA).
About Michael "Yaro" Yaroshefsky
Founder & CEO of Visor.us (also acquired by Usercentrics); led $273M in software investments at Insight Partners; Program Manager at Microsoft; Harvard Business School MBA; Princeton BSE (Operations Research & Financial Engineering).
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Official website: https://mcpmanager.ai/