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Bondy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-r-bondy/), Brave\n- [Karan Ahuja](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-ahuja/), Anthropic, PBC\n- [Scott Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-wu/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Steven Hao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steven-hao/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Walden Yan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/walden-yan/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Rick Song](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rick-song/), Persona Identities, Inc.\n- [Charles Yeh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/charles-yeh/), Persona Identities, Inc.\n- [Patrick Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/patrick-collison/), OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe\n- [John Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-collison/), OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe\n- [Leah Solivan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/leah-solivan/), TaskRabbit, Inc.\n- [Stevie Graham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stevie-graham/), Teller\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Founders Fund invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Anthropic, Belvo, Brave, Anthropic, PBC, Crusoe, Cognition AI, Inc., Persona Identities, Inc., Prime Intellect, Ramp Business Corporation, People Center, Inc. dba Rippling, Stripe, TaskRabbit, Inc. and Teller backed by Founders Fund.\n\n### How are Founders Fund's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Claude API (BB, 77.3), Claude Agent SDK (BB, 70.1), Claude Code (C, 59.9), Belvo (B, 63.5), Brave Search API + MCP (B, 68), Claude Duet (F, 17.9), Crusoe Cloud (B, 63.4), Devin (C, 55.7), Persona (B, 69.6), Prime Agent (C, 60.5), Ramp (C, 57.3), Rippling (C, 60.9), Stripe API + MCP (A, 82.9), Taskrabbit Partner API (E, 44.4) and Teller (E, 43).\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. 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