# Chris Bell

> Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO. Knock on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder and CTO.

Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO of Knock and leads its engineering, including the APIs, infrastructure and developer tools customers use to build and run messaging. He worked with Sam Seely at Frame.io before they founded Knock in 2021.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88

## What Chris builds

- [Knock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/knock.md), graded B, 66.7/100, in Notifications. Notification workflow API. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Sam Seely](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-seely/), Co-founder and CEO

## Questions

### Who is Chris Bell?

Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO of Knock and leads its engineering, including the APIs, infrastructure and developer tools customers use to build and run messaging. He worked with Sam Seely at Frame.io before they founded Knock in 2021.

### What does Knock make?

Anchor Terminal lists Knock from Knock. Notification workflow API.

### How are Chris's tools graded?

Knock is graded B, 66.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88
- https://knock.app/
- https://knock.app
- https://docs.knock.app
- https://knock.app/pricing
- https://knock.app/contact-sales
- https://knock.app/about

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