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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Dropbox.\n\nArash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox with Drew Houston in 2007, leaving his electrical engineering and computer science studies at MIT to build it. Ferdowsi was Dropbox's chief technology officer from 2007 until October 2016 and left the company in 2020.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arashferdowsi/\n- X: https://x.com/arashf\n\n## What Arash builds\n\n- [Dropbox API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api.md), graded B, 68.4/100, in File storage \u0026 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. Co-founder, Dropbox, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Drew Houston](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/drew-houston/), Co-founder and co-CEO\n- [Mike Torres](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-torres/), Chief Product Officer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Arash Ferdowsi?\n\nArash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox with Drew Houston in 2007, leaving his electrical engineering and computer science studies at MIT to build it. Ferdowsi was Dropbox's chief technology officer from 2007 until October 2016 and left the company in 2020.\n\n### What does Dropbox make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Dropbox API + MCP from Dropbox. 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.\n\n### How are Arash's tools graded?\n\nDropbox API + MCP is graded B, 68.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.dropbox.com/about\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewhouston\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketorreshq\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dropbox\n- https://www.dropbox.com/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropbox/\n- https://www.dropbox.com/developers\n- https://help.dropbox.com/\n- https://www.dropbox.com/developers/support\n- https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact\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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