MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
- Runlayer sues Rippling, alleging it copied its MCP gateway product.
- Trial involved a year of collaboration and shared source code under NDA.
- Rippling denies wrongdoing, says it's launching its own superior product.
Runlayer, a startup providing a secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway for AI systems, has filed a lawsuit accusing HR software firm Rippling of stealing its product idea and trade secrets after an extended sales trial. Runlayer alleges that during nearly a year of "intensive engineering collaboration," it…