# Jeff Dean (slim)

> Jeff Dean's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary, Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography), Elorian and LiveKit Incorporated, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/index.md (~900 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/
- 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
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Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary**, Series A, August 2024
  - [Cursor Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.md), graded B, 63.6/100
  - Source: https://cursor.com/blog/series-a
- **Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography)**, Series A, August 2024
  - [Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md), graded F, 35.4/100
  - Source: https://cursor.com/blog/series-a
- **Elorian**
  - [Glimpse](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elorian-glimpse.md), graded D, 49/100
  - Source: https://elorian.ai/
- **LiveKit Incorporated**, Series A, June 2024
  - [LiveKit Agents](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-agents.md), graded BB, 72.5/100
  - [LiveKit Telephony](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/livekit-telephony.md), graded B, 67.6/100
  - Source: https://livekit.com/blog/livekit-series-a

## Where they invest

- Agent frameworks & SDKs, 1
- Agent harnesses, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Phone calling & voice transport, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Michael Truell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-truell/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- [Sualeh Asif](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sualeh-asif/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- [Aman Sanger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aman-sanger/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- [Arvid Lunnemark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arvid-lunnemark/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- [Andrew Dai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-dai/), Elorian
- [Yinfei Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yinfei-yang/), Elorian
- [Seth Neel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/seth-neel/), Elorian
- [Russ d’Sa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/russ-d-sa/), LiveKit Incorporated
- [David Zhao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-zhao/), LiveKit Incorporated

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Jeff Dean invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Anysphere, Inc.

### How are Jeff Dean's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Cursor Agent SDK (B, 63.6), Cursor CLI (F, 35.4), Glimpse (D, 49), LiveKit Agents (BB, 72.5) and LiveKit Telephony (B, 67.6).

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.