Building a listed tool
Ali Dasdan
Named behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.
What Ali builds
Dropbox API + MCP B · File storage & sharing
HTTP API v2 for a user's or team's Dropbox, files, folders, upload sessions to about 2 TiB, shared links with passwords and expiry, file requests and change cursors.
Chief Technology Officer, Dropbox, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Dropbox Sign B · Contracts, proposals & e-signatures
Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) is Dropbox's e-signature service. Its REST API sends documents or templates for signature, embeds signing in an iframe, reports status by webhook and returns signed PDFs with an audit trail.
Chief Technology Officer, Dropbox, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Arash Ferdowsi Co-founder
- Ashraf Alkarmi Co-CEO, Dropbox
- Drew Houston Co-founder and Co-CEO, Dropbox
- Mike Torres Chief Product Officer, Dropbox
- Neal O'Mara Founder and CTO, HelloSign (now Dropbox Sign)
Questions
Who is Ali Dasdan?
Ali Dasdan has been Chief Technology Officer of Dropbox since March 2025. He previously held engineering and product management leadership roles at technology companies in Silicon Valley and the UK, and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
What does Dropbox, Dropbox, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Dropbox API + MCP and Dropbox Sign from Dropbox, Dropbox, Inc.. HTTP API v2 for a user's or team's Dropbox, files, folders, upload sessions to about 2 TiB, shared links with passwords and expiry, file requests and change cursors.
How are Ali's tools graded?
Dropbox API + MCP is graded B, 68.4 out of 100; Dropbox Sign is graded B, 69 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (19)
- https://www.dropbox.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewhouston
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketorreshq
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dropbox
- https://www.dropbox.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropbox/
- https://www.dropbox.com/developers
- https://help.dropbox.com/
- https://www.dropbox.com/developers/support
- https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact
- https://sign.dropbox.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropbox
- https://sign.dropbox.com
- https://help.dropbox.com/en-us/sign
- https://www.dropbox.com/support/dropbox-sign-issue
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Houston
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Ferdowsi
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hellosign
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