# Akshay Kothari

> Akshay Kothari's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Chroma, Humaans, Rootly Inc., Verute Technologies Private Limited (Simplismart) and 1 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/akshay-kothari/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/akshay-kothari/index.md (~900 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/akshay-kothari/index.min.md (~780 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/akshay-kothari/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-10-28

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Chroma**, Seed, April 2023
  - [Chroma API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/chroma.md), graded E, 45.3/100
  - Source: https://www.trychroma.com/blog/seed
- **Humaans**
  - [Humaans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.md), graded C, 54.6/100
  - Source: https://humaans.io/about
- **Rootly Inc.**, Seed, July 2021
  - [Rootly MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rootly-mcp.md), graded C, 59.7/100
  - Source: https://rootly.com/blog/rootly-announces-3-2-million-in-seed-funding-from-xyz-venture-capital-8vc-y-combinator
- **Verute Technologies Private Limited (Simplismart)**, Series A, October 2024
  - [Simplismart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/simplismart.md), graded F, 29.7/100
  - Source: https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/goyel-goyal-advises-simplismart-on-usd-7mn-series-a-fundraise
- **WorkOS**, Series A, announced March 2021
  - [WorkOS Pipes and Agents](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workos-pipes.md), graded C, 59.9/100
  - Source: https://workos.com/blog/workos-raises-15m-to-build-stripe-for-enterprise-ready-features

## Where they invest

- Retrieval & vector search, 1
- HR & employee operations, 1
- Observability & incidents, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Agent auth & delegated access, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Jeff Huber](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-huber/), Chroma
- [Anton Troynikov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anton-troynikov/), Chroma
- [Giovanni Luperti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/giovanni-luperti/), Humaans
- [Karolis Narkevicius](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karolis-narkevicius/), Humaans
- [JJ Tang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jj-tang/), Rootly Inc.
- [Quentin Rousseau](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-rousseau/), Rootly Inc.
- [Amritanshu Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amritanshu-jain/), Verute Technologies Private Limited (Simplismart)
- [Devansh Ghatak](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/devansh-ghatak/), Verute Technologies Private Limited (Simplismart)
- [Michael Grinich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-grinich/), WorkOS

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Akshay Kothari invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Chroma, Humaans, Rootly Inc., Verute Technologies Private Limited (Simplismart) and WorkOS backed by Akshay Kothari.

### How are Akshay Kothari's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Chroma API + MCP (E, 45.3), Humaans (C, 54.6), Rootly MCP Server (C, 59.7), Simplismart (F, 29.7) and WorkOS Pipes and Agents (C, 59.9).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.

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