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  "markdown": "Head of Engineering.\n\nAlexander Nicholson leads TableCheck's global engineering organisation and its company-wide AI strategy, covering platform infrastructure, security and machine learning systems. He joined as a site reliability engineer and went on to build and scale the company's engineering teams and cloud-native architecture. Before that he worked in defence technology, SaaS and machine learning research.\n\n## What Alexander builds\n\n- [TableCheck API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.md), graded C, 57.1/100, in Restaurant \u0026 local bookings. TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants. Head of Engineering, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [John Shields](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-shields/), Co-founder and CTO\n- [Yu Taniguchi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yu-taniguchi/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smbc-venture-capital/)\n- [DNX Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dnx-ventures/)\n- [Colopl Next](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/colopl-next/)\n- [Mizuho Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mizuho-capital/)\n- [Future Creation Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/future-creation-capital/)\n- [ABF Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/abf-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Alexander Nicholson?\n\nAlexander Nicholson leads TableCheck's global engineering organisation and its company-wide AI strategy, covering platform infrastructure, security and machine learning systems. He joined as a site reliability engineer and went on to build and scale the company's engineering teams and cloud-native architecture. Before that he worked in defence technology, SaaS and machine learning research.\n\n### What does TableCheck Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists TableCheck API from TableCheck Inc.. TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants.\n\n### Who has invested in TableCheck Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name SMBC Venture Capital, DNX Ventures, Colopl Next, Mizuho Capital, Future Creation Capital and ABF Capital.\n\n### How are Alexander's tools graded?\n\nTableCheck API is graded C, 57.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.tablecheck.com/en/join/about-us/team/\n- https://www.tablecheck.com/en/japan\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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