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MCP: The USB Port of AI
MCP — Model Context Protocol — went from zero to industry standard in twelve months. In this episode, Stephen Forte breaks down what MCP actually is, how it works, and why it matters for every CEO running a company with enterprise software.
What MCP is: An open standard released by Anthropic that lets any AI agent connect to any tool or data source — the "USB port of AI"
The math: BCG found integration complexity rises quadratically without a standard. MCP makes it linear — fundamentally different economics for AI deployment
Adoption numbers: 97 million monthly SDK downloads, 10,000+ MCP…
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