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  "markdown": "Co-founder and board member, Thought Industries.\n\nBarry Kelly co-founded Thought Industries in 2013 and was its CEO until April 2024, when Robin Wadsworth succeeded him. He then moved to a founder and board member role.\n\n## What Barry builds\n\n- [Lens (Thought Industries)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thought-industries-lens.md), graded E, 43.5/100, in Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues. Lens, from Thought Industries, indexes a company's website, help centre, files, Zendesk articles and Academy courses into one knowledge layer. It answers customer questions through a website widget, a remote MCP server, a REST API and answer-engine files. Co-founder and board member, Thought Industries, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Karishma Wadhwani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karishma-wadhwani/), Head of Product - AI \u0026 Monetization; Agentic Platform\n- [Sarah Phoenix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sarah-phoenix/), Chief Product Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Luminate Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/luminate-capital-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Barry Kelly?\n\nBarry Kelly co-founded Thought Industries in 2013 and was its CEO until April 2024, when Robin Wadsworth succeeded him. He then moved to a founder and board member role.\n\n### What does Thought Industries, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Lens (Thought Industries) from Thought Industries, Inc.. Lens, from Thought Industries, indexes a company's website, help centre, files, Zendesk articles and Academy courses into one knowledge layer. It answers customer questions through a website widget, a remote MCP server, a REST API and answer-engine files.\n\n### Who has invested in Thought Industries, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Luminate Capital Partners.\n\n### How are Barry's tools graded?\n\nLens (Thought Industries) is graded E, 43.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/about-us/leadership-team/\n- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-launches-lens-and-unveils-customer-knowledge-ai-platform/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahptalis\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishmawadhwani\n- https://www.thoughtindustries.com\n- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us\n- https://lens.thoughtindustries.com/\n- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404061896343-Premium-Live-Chat\n- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-promotes-robin-wadsworth-to-ceo/\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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