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  "markdown": "Angel investor.\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **LiveKit Incorporated**\n  - [LiveKit Agents](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.md), graded BB, 72.5/100\n  - [LiveKit Telephony](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-telephony.md), graded B, 67.6/100\n  - Source: https://livekit.com/about\n- **Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS**, Series A, October 2020\n  - [Sanity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sanity.md), graded BB, 73.7/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/24/sanity-raises-39m-for-its-use-anywhere-approach-to-content-repositories/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Conversational voice agents, 1\n- Phone calling \u0026 voice transport, 1\n- CMS \u0026 website publishing, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Russ d’Sa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/russ-d-sa/), LiveKit Incorporated\n- [David Zhao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-zhao/), LiveKit Incorporated\n- [Magnus Hillestad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/), Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS\n- [Simen Svale Skogsrud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simen-svale-skogsrud/), Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS\n- [Even Westvang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/even-westvang/), Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Ev Williams invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists LiveKit Incorporated and Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS backed by Ev Williams.\n\n### How are Ev Williams's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, LiveKit Agents (BB, 72.5), LiveKit Telephony (B, 67.6) and Sanity (BB, 73.7).\n\nInvestors 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.\n",
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