# Jay Simons

> Jay Simons's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Front and Runway, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/index.md (~500 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/index.min.md (~380 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/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

- **Front**, Series C, 2020, led a round
  - [Front API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/front.md), graded B, 63.7/100
  - Source: https://front.com/blog/series-c
- **Runway**, Series C, December 2022
  - [Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.md), graded C, 60.8/100
  - Source: https://runway.com/news/runway-raises-50-series-c

## Where they invest

- Customer support & helpdesk, 1
- Video generation, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Laurent Perrin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laurent-perrin/), Front
- [Mathilde Collin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathilde-collin/), Front

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Jay Simons invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Front and Runway backed by Jay Simons.

### How are Jay Simons's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Front API + MCP (B, 63.7) and Runway API (C, 60.8).

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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