# Des Traynor (slim)

> Des Traynor's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Humaans and Daily, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/des-traynor/index.md (~550 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/des-traynor/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/des-traynor/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Humaans**
  - [Humaans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/humaans.md), graded C, 54.6/100
  - Source: https://humaans.io/about
- **Daily**
  - [Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md), graded B, 69.1/100
  - [Pipecat PhoneLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat-phonellm.md), graded C, 59/100
  - Source: https://www.daily.co/blog/daily-announces-a-15m-series-a-led-by-lachy-groom/

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 2
- HR & employee operations, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Giovanni Luperti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/giovanni-luperti/), Humaans
- [Karolis Narkevicius](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karolis-narkevicius/), Humaans
- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), Daily

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Des Traynor invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Humaans and Daily backed by Des Traynor.

### How are Des Traynor's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Humaans (C, 54.6), Pipecat (B, 69.1) and Pipecat PhoneLLM (C, 59).

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.