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The MCP Network: The Next Billion Dollar Idea. | Dharmesh Shah

The MCP Network: The Next Billion Dollar Idea. I'm going to share an idea that I don't have the bandwidth to pursue (I'm busy building Agent.ai). You may have heard of MCP (Model Context Protocol) which is on 🔥, in terms of adoption. MCP is an open standard for AI applications (called "MCP Clients") to connect with MCP Servers. You can think of these servers as providing a set of "tools" that the AI application has access to. By making a standard protocol, any MCP Client can make use of the hundreds and thousands of MCP servers that will be out there. It adds an immense amount of power to tools like Claude, ChatGPT -- and AgentAI. This kind of open standard being widely adopted is what allows really fast innovation and brilliant breakthroughs. One big problem: Right now, finding the right MCP Servers and plugging them into something like ChatGPT is messy and scary. It's the wild, wild-west out there. Most of the servers are shared as a GitHub repo and you'd have to self-host them to use them. Ick! So, here's the idea: Build a centralized network of MCP Servers that makes it frictionless to get going and provide fast time to joy. I'd call it MCP .net (yes, I own the domain name). The network would be more than a directory of MCP servers, it would allow: * Anyone to submit an MCP Server and have it hosted on the network. * Ratings/reviews of MCP servers. * Semantic search to *find* the right tools (embedded within the server) * A way for users to request access to specific functionality that is not yet on the network. * Creating server "remixes" that combine tools from different servers. * and much, much more... Think of it as the Hugging Face of MCP. A way to discover and connect to MCP Servers. I know there are already a few emerging directories out there, and Anthropic is working on a "registry", but I'm thinking about something well beyond that. Now you're wondering why I don't just go do this. Couldn't I just position it as a "Professional Network for MCP Servers" (playing off the positioning of Agent.ai, which is the professional network for AI Agents)? Yes, I could. And come to think of it, maybe I *should* just go do that. I could probably Vibe Code the first 50%. 😀 I'm hoping someone with street cred is already doing this. I hope so. That way, I can focus on the thing I should be doing. If you're that person, or know of something, please leave a comment. Or if you're a really amazing full stack developer that loves Python, whose pulse rises with each new AI breakthrough and you have a predisposition to launch products people love, let me know, I'm looking for a couple of great developers for Agent.ai. Only pirates and freelancers, please. This is an experiment/exploration. Not looking to staff a full-time team. #mcp #agentai | 432 comments on LinkedIn

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