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We're an IT services company. We built a WhatsApp MCP server. Now we're trying to find who actually needs it.
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We're an IT services company. We built a WhatsApp MCP server. Now we're trying to find who actually needs it.

via Dev.toTapan Jain

I'll be honest — we didn't start as a product company. JCS has been doing IT services for 15+ years. Staff aug, custom dev, the usual. Good business. Predictable. Not particularly exciting. About 8 months ago we started noticing something. Every client we worked with — agencies, D2C brands, consultants — had the same problem. WhatsApp was their primary customer channel but their entire setup was manual. No automation. No unified inbox. No API layer that actually worked across providers. So we built one. We called it Jina Connect. A WhatsApp MCP server that unifies WATI, Gupshup, Twilio and Meta Direct into a single API. One integration. Switch providers without touching your backend code. Where we are now The product works. We've tested it internally and with a handful of clients. But we're an IT services company trying to find PMF for a SaaS product. That's a different muscle entirely and we're feeling it. What we think we know: Digital marketing agencies managing 10+ clients on Whats

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