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- Joseph McAllisterFounder/CTO · MouseCatW26B2B · New York
- Nicholas Aldridge@nickaldridge_Founder/CEO · MouseCatW26B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Joseph McAllisterMouseCatFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States6—Nicholas AldridgeMouseCatFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States6https://x.com/nickaldridge_
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Nicholas Aldridge
Founder/CEO·MouseCat
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size6
BatchWinter 2026
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Nicholas Aldridge is the Co-Founder and CEO of MouseCat, and a core maintainer of MCP. He spent 6.5 years as a Principal Engineer at AWS AI, where he helped launch and lead Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Agents, and AgentCore. He also represented Amazon on the A2A steering committee. Nicholas has helped some of the largest and most security and privacy sensitive organizations in the world to plan and implement their AI strategies.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
MouseCatAI to fight financial crime
Co-foundersJoseph McAllister
