# Arcade.dev

> Arcade.dev builds the secure action layer for production AI agents. Its platform gives agents delegated, per-user authorization to act inside real business systems - Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Salesforce and thousands more - by handling OAuth, token management, policy enforcement, tool execution and audit logging. Founded in 2024 by former Okta VP Alex Salazar and ex-Redis engineer Sam Partee, Arcade offers 8,000+ agent-optimized tools and authored the MCP authorization specification adopted by Anthropic. The company has raised $72M total, including a $60M Series A in June 2026.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Salazar (Co-founder & CEO), Sam Partee (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~31 employees
- **Products:** Arcade Platform (Enforce, Execute, Govern), Agent-optimized tool catalog, MCP Authorization runtime, SDKs & framework integrations
- **Notable:** Raised $72M total, including a $60M Series A in June 2026, Authored the MCP authorization specification, adopted by Anthropic, Built a catalog of 8,000+ agent-optimized tools

## Products & services

- **Arcade Platform (Enforce, Execute, Govern)** — A secure action layer that enforces per-user permissions, reliably executes agent tool calls, and governs and audits every action agents take.
- **Agent-optimized tool catalog** — 8,000+ pre-built, agent-optimized MCP tools and connectors for services like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Salesforce, X and Google Workspace, with delegated user authorization handled automatically.
- **MCP Authorization runtime** — An MCP (Model Context Protocol) runtime and authorization specification - authored by Arcade and adopted by Anthropic - that handles user authentication, token management and policy enforcement.
- **SDKs & framework integrations** — Framework-agnostic Python and JavaScript SDKs that connect to LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, Mastra, Pydantic, Google ADK and OpenAI Agents.

## Achievements

- Raised $72M total, including a $60M Series A in June 2026
- Authored the MCP authorization specification, adopted by Anthropic
- Built a catalog of 8,000+ agent-optimized tools
- In production at some of the world's largest banks, industrials and pharmaceutical companies
- Tool call volume grew 25x in six months
- Tools integrated into LangChain's LangSmith Fleet

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Raised $60M Series A led by SYN Ventures with Morgan Stanley and Wipro; Jay Leek joined the board.
- **2026** — MCP authorization specification authored by Arcade adopted by Anthropic; tool catalog surpasses 8,000 tools.
- **2025** — LangChain integrated Arcade's agent-optimized tools into LangSmith Fleet.
- **2025-03** — Raised $12M seed led by Laude Ventures (Perplexity/Databricks co-founder Andy Konwinski's fund).

## Links

- Website: https://www.arcade.dev/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcade-ai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TryArcade
- GitHub: https://github.com/ArcadeAI

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Last updated: 2026-07-13