# Bryan Helmig (slim)

> Bryan Helmig is co-founder and CTO. Zapier MCP (agent actions) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CTO.

Bryan Helmig co-founded Zapier in 2011 with Wade Foster and Mike Knoop and is its chief technology officer.

## What Bryan builds

- [Zapier MCP (agent actions)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapier-mcp.md), graded C, 58.2/100, in Agent tool access. Hosted MCP server that lets agents discover and run actions across apps connected to the user's Zapier account. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-29.

## Works with

- [Mike Knoop](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-knoop/), Co-founder
- [Wade Foster](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wade-foster/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)

## Questions

### Who is Bryan Helmig?

Bryan Helmig co-founded Zapier in 2011 with Wade Foster and Mike Knoop and is its chief technology officer.

### What does Zapier make?

Anchor Terminal lists Zapier MCP (agent actions) from Zapier.

### Who has invested in Zapier?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners.

### How are Bryan's tools graded?

Zapier MCP (agent actions) is graded C, 58.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zapier
- https://zapier.com/

These 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.