Future Proof brings top Product and Engineering leaders in B2B SaaS, working on AI products, to share learnings, discuss challenges and the latest developments in the future of B2B software. Producer: Forrest Herlick Host: Ethan Lee
Future Proof brings top Product and Engineering leaders in B2B SaaS, working on AI products, to share learnings, discuss challenges and the latest developments in the future of B2B software. Producer: Forrest Herlick Host: Ethan Lee

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:
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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