# Jay Simons (slim)

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

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/index.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/
- 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

- **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.