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  "markdown": "Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Sprout Social.\n\n## What Aaron builds\n\n- [Sprout Social API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprout-social.md), graded C, 54.8/100, in Social media posting APIs. Sprout Social is a social media management suite. Its REST API reads profile and post analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases for connected profiles, and creates draft posts with media, on plans that include API access. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Sprout Social, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Gil Lara](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gil-lara/), Co-founder, Sprout Social\n- [Justyn Howard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/justyn-howard/), Co-founder and Executive Chair, Sprout Social\n- [Peter Soung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-soung/), Co-founder, Sprout Social\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Aaron Rankin?\n\nAaron Rankin is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Sprout Social.\n\n### What does Sprout Social, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Sprout Social API from Sprout Social, Inc.. Sprout Social is a social media management suite. Its REST API reads profile and post analytics, inbox messages, listening topics and cases for connected profiles, and creates draft posts with media, on plans that include API access.\n\n### How are Aaron's tools graded?\n\nSprout Social API is graded C, 54.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://sproutsocial.com/\n- https://sproutsocial.com/contact-us/\n- https://sproutsocial.com/about/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprout_Social\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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