Zatanna — MCP Tooling Platform
MCP ToolingLayer 3UnknownFounded 2025|San Francisco, CA|2-10
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Zatanna converts legacy software workflows that lack APIs into stable, callable endpoints for AI agents. Part of YC W2026, it was founded by Rithvik Vanga (CEO, ex-Coinbase), Alex Blackwell (CTO, reverse engineering expert), and Tarun Vedula (COO). Rather than using brittle browser automation or RPA-style screen scraping, Zatanna observes a human executing a workflow once, reconstructs the underlying HTTP request sequence (including session management, cookies, TLS fingerprinting, and re-authentication), and hosts it as a clean REST API.
The platform targets industries with entrenched legacy software — ERPs, PMS/POS systems, insurance portals, and marketplaces where no API exists. AI agents call a single endpoint while Zatanna handles the fragile infrastructure underneath. The company claims to already support millions of requests with customers including Pikkit, Fleetline, CrowdVolt, and PartBay.
This approach is fundamentally faster, cheaper, and more reliable than traditional RPA because it operates at the HTTP layer rather than the browser DOM layer, eliminating the brittleness of screen scraping while maintaining the no-code simplicity of showing a workflow once to get a production API.
Key Features
- ✓Browser workflow to API conversion
- ✓Agent-callable endpoints
- ✓No browser automation needed
- ✓REST API generation
- ✓Software reverse-engineering
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Technically differentiated HTTP reconstruction approach is faster and more reliable than browser automation
- +Large addressable market in enterprise legacy software integration
- +No-code setup — show the workflow once, get a production API
- +Already handling production traffic at scale with named customers
- +Strong CTO with deep reverse engineering expertise
Cons
- -No public pricing or self-serve access
- -Competes with well-funded RPA incumbents like UiPath and Automation Anywhere
- -Approach may break when target sites change underlying APIs
- -Early-career founding team lacking enterprise GTM experience
Zatanna Pricing
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- ✓HTTP workflow reconstruction
- ✓Session management
- ✓Production API hosting
- ✓Legacy software integration
Common Use Cases
Teams connecting AI agents to software without APIs
- •API creation for agents
- •Legacy software integration
- •Browser automation replacement
- •Agent tool creation
Using Zatanna with Respan
Zatanna creates APIs from legacy software for AI agents, while Respan monitors the LLM calls those agents make. Together they enable agents to access legacy systems while maintaining full observability.
- ✓Monitor agent interactions with Zatanna-created APIs through Respan traces
- ✓Track costs of LLM calls driving legacy software automation via Respan
- ✓Evaluate agent performance when using Zatanna endpoints
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Last verified: March 27, 2026