Runlayer offers an enterprise‑ready control plane for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), inserting a centralized gateway that authenticates, authorizes, and logs every AI agent‑to‑tool interaction. The platform enforces fine‑grained, context‑aware permissions, integrates with secret managers for on‑demand credential injection and automatic rotation, and provides compliance‑ready audit reports (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR) to let development and security teams safely scale AI agents across the organization.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Enterprises adopting AI agents and tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) face uncontrolled access to sensitive data, unmanaged credentials, and lack of auditability, creating high security and compliance risk.
Solution
Runlayer provides an enterprise‑ready control plane that makes MCP safe to use across an organization. It inserts a centralized gateway that authenticates every agent‑to‑tool request, enforces fine‑grained permissions, and records detailed logs for observability. Secrets are injected from vaults such as 1Password instead of being stored in plaintext on developer machines, and credentials are rotated automatically. The platform offers built‑in compliance certifications (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR) and integrates with existing security tooling, allowing teams to scale AI agents while maintaining security and governance.
Target Audience
Runlayer targets enterprise development and security teams that need to deploy AI agents and MCP‑based integrations at scale while meeting regulatory and data‑protection requirements.
Features
- Central MCP gateway that proxies all agent‑tool communications with mandatory authentication and audit logging
- Policy engine with fine‑grained, context‑aware permissions and role‑based access control for AI agents
- Secure secret management integration (e.g., 1Password) to provide on‑demand credential injection and automatic rotation
- Real‑time observability dashboard showing tool usage, request provenance, and security alerts
- Compliance‑ready architecture with SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR certifications and exportable audit reports
- Discoverability catalog for registered tools and agents, enabling controlled onboarding and lifecycle management