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Pietro Zullo

Founder

Founder at Manufact

United States

FoundedManufact · YC

About

Founder of Manufact, a platform for building and deploying Model Context Protocol applications for AI agents.

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Pietro @pietrozullo

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Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 3

Pietro @pietrozullo

honored that @manufact is powering such an amazing and adopted MCP 🫡 @agentmail for the win https://t.co/5rJ483TCkF

Jul 22, 2026 · ♥ 8 · ⇄ 1

Pietro @pietrozullo

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Jul 17, 2026 · ♥ 8

Founder at ManufactYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Pietro went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Manufact's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Pietro can intro founders to Manufact's investors below.

Manufact's investors · 2

Italian Founders FundY Combinator

Co-founders at Manufact

LPLuigi Pederzani
Luigi PederzaniFounder

Experience

  1. mcp-use (YC S25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Alter Ego Technologies AGCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  3. MotionalResearch Engineer Intern2022Singapore, Singapore

Education

  1. ETH ZürichMaster of Science - MS, Ingegneria meccanica2020 — 2022
  2. Boston UniversityExchange Student, Mechanical Engineering2020
  3. Università degli Studi di PadovaLaurea triennale, Ingegneria Meccanica2017 — 2020
  4. Liceo Scientifico Eugenio Curiel2011 — 2016

Skills & more

Management8Lavoro di gruppoFisica2Analisi numerica2Programmazione3Intelligenza artificiale2Modellazione matematicaAnalisi quantitativeMatematica finanziaria2Reinforcement LearningMicrosoft Excel10PowerPoint9
+8 moreMicrosoft WordPhotoshopFinal Cut ProLogic ProMatlabPythonLaTeXDynamics
  • GRE — ETS
  • IELTS ACADEMIC: GRADE 7 — Cambridge English
  • FCE : First Certificate English — Cambridge English
  • ECDL FULL Standard — ICDL Certification

From Pietro's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended ETH Zürich136

Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesSteve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaurin DaiInvestment Manager, Physical AI & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMax HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag

+ 130 more

Also attended Boston University204

Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83NorthJames LindenbaumCo-founder at HeavybitDave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder CollectiveKatherine OgnibeneOperations Associate at Founder Collective

+ 198 more

Also attended Università degli Studi di Padova32

Fabio ZecchiniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesIsabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at HeavybitElena BattistelloAnalyst at Novartis Venture FundLuca PessinaVenture Builder at Founders FactorySandro EtalleAdvisor at Curiosity VCMina RaflaAssociate Director at Aura Group

+ 26 more

Shared employers

Also worked at mcp-use (YC S25)1

Luigi PederzaniFounder at Manufact

Also worked at Motional4

DougInvestor at Wavemaker PartnersPatrick YangPartner at Amity VenturesDoug ParkerFounding Partner at Wavemaker ImpactOscar BeijbomFounder at Nyckel