# Benjamin Encz

> Benjamin Encz is co-founder, Ashby of Inc.. Ashby on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Ashby, Inc..

Benjamin Encz is co-founder and CEO of Ashby, a recruiting platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch. He was previously director of engineering at PlanGrid. At Ashby he designed early building blocks the team still builds on and maintains its internal knowledge base on customers and the industry.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminencz/

## What Benjamin builds

- [Ashby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ashby.md), graded C, 61.4/100, in Recruiting & applicant tracking. Ashby is an applicant tracking and recruiting platform from Ashby, Inc. Agents reach it through a public RPC-style API for candidates, applications, jobs, interviews and offer records, or through a hosted MCP server in open beta. Co-founder, Ashby, Inc., researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Abhik Pramanik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/abhik-pramanik/), Co-founder, Ashby, Inc.

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Lachy Groom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lachy-groom/)
- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)
- [F-Prime Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/f-prime-capital/)
- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)
- [Gaingels](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gaingels/)

## Questions

### Who is Benjamin Encz?

Benjamin Encz is co-founder and CEO of Ashby, a recruiting platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch. He was previously director of engineering at PlanGrid. At Ashby he designed early building blocks the team still builds on and maintains its internal knowledge base on customers and the industry.

### What does Ashby, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Ashby from Ashby, Inc.. Ashby is an applicant tracking and recruiting platform from Ashby, Inc. Agents reach it through a public RPC-style API for candidates, applications, jobs, interviews and offer records, or through a hosted MCP server in open beta.

### Who has invested in Ashby, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Lachy Groom, Elad Gil, F-Prime Capital, Alkeon Capital and Gaingels.

### How are Benjamin's tools graded?

Ashby is graded C, 61.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ashbyhq.com/team
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ashby
- https://www.ashbyhq.com/support

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