Monday.com recruits rising AI duo behind GitMCP in quiet talent grab
The deal brings in former Shopify and Palo Alto AI architects who helped set MCP standards.
Monday.com has hired the team behind GitMCP, Liad Yosef and Ido Salomon, two engineers with deep pedigrees from Shopify and Palo Alto Networks. Though the company has not disclosed the financial terms, industry sources estimate the duo will net several million dollars each, another sign of how Israel's top public tech firms are scrambling to secure elite AI talent early.
Yosef and Salomon gained global attention in April when they launched GitMCP, an open-source tool that allowed artificial intelligence models to connect to code repositories on GitHub in real-time, without running tools locally. The project quickly surged into the top ten of over 5,000 MCP servers by usage.
A month later, they debuted MCP UI, a software development kit that enables developers to build visual, dynamic, and intuitive user interfaces on top of AI infrastructure. Both founders now lead the UI working group on the MCP global steering committee.
Their abrupt move to Monday.com, an enterprise work management platform traded on Nasdaq, signals not only an acqui-hire, but a strategic bet. Monday.com is looking to infuse AI into the core of its offerings to stay ahead in the hypercompetitive enterprise software landscape.
“Our vision is focused on connecting the world with artificial intelligence and driving the next generation of human-machine interfaces,” the founders said in a joint statement. “We believe Monday is the natural home to realize this vision.”
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In recent months, Monday.com has rolled out a flurry of new AI products, including Monday Magic, a tool that lets users build workflows through plain text prompts; Monday Vibe, an AI-based code generator; and AI Sidekick, a context-aware AI agent embedded across its platform.
Still, Monday’s AI ambitions are competing with efforts from larger players like Microsoft and Salesforce, both of which have accelerated their enterprise AI product offerings. By acquiring a team known for building infrastructure-level AI capabilities, Monday.com is betting that deeper technical differentiation, not just flashy AI tools, will set it apart.
"We believe that people are at the core of everything. That’s why we invest in building high-quality teams alongside developing cutting-edge technology,” said Monday co-CEO Roy Mann. “AI is at the foundation of the next generation of enterprise applications, and we continue to invest in both AI and broader product development to deliver meaningful value to our customers.”
