Archestra aims to allow every employee in a company, like HR reps or sales execs, to connect company data to AI securely. The open-source platform achieves this by adding security layers that enable companies to safely use the latest AI advancements, such as the “Model Context Protocol” (MCP).
Introduced by AI company Anthropic in November, the MCP is a framework that facilitates the connection of LLMs like ChatGPT with internal systems and data sources, including Slack, email, or HR platforms. This connection allows AI to autonomously and accurately solve problems, akin to a human colleague.
This capability can be used for tasks like drafting emails, editing documents, building task lists, sending Slack messages, and retrieving data from internal systems.
While enterprises see potential in linking AI to their data, Archestra notes it poses significant security and compliance challenges. For instance, an unrestricted AI agent might extract staff salary information and post it online or delete crucial internal data.
Archestra’s open-source solution, acting as an “MCP orchestrator,” claims to prevent these risks while unleashing the benefits of autonomous agents. It offers the necessary guardrails, data management, and permission tools, enabling enterprises to enhance productivity with AI without incurring new risks.
Ariel Rahamim, Principal at Concept Ventures, adds: “As APIs became essential for internet infrastructure, MCPs are becoming critical for enhancing AI tools’ context layer in enterprise. Archestra is developing the needed infrastructure layer for this ecosystem. At Concept, we support the team’s technical expertise, open-source principles, and execution drive to become a leader in the field. The team tackles a crucial problem they’ve experienced directly, and we believe they’ll shape how enterprises deploy and manage AI context at scale.”
Archestra is part of the growing integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) market, projected to surpass €14.5 billion in revenue by 2028.