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  "markdown": "Co-founder, airSlate, Inc..\n\nChris Hawkins co-founded signNow, an electronic signature service, with Andrew Ellis in Newport Beach, California, in 2011. Barracuda Networks acquired signNow in 2013 and sold it to pdfFiller in 2017, and it is now part of airSlate.\n\n## What Chris builds\n\n- [airSlate SignNow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/signnow.md), graded B, 68.6/100, in Contracts, proposals \u0026 e-signatures. airSlate SignNow is an e-signature service. Its REST API prepares documents from templates, sends signature invites, embeds signing in other apps and reports status through webhooks. A hosted MCP server gives AI agents 20 documented tools over the same account. Co-founder, airSlate, Inc., researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrew Ellis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-ellis/), Co-founder, airSlate, Inc.\n- [Ayala Michelson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ayala-michelson/), General Manager; SignNow product and technology leadership\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [G Squared](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/g-squared/)\n- [UiPath](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/uipath/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Chris Hawkins?\n\nChris Hawkins co-founded signNow, an electronic signature service, with Andrew Ellis in Newport Beach, California, in 2011. Barracuda Networks acquired signNow in 2013 and sold it to pdfFiller in 2017, and it is now part of airSlate.\n\n### What does airSlate, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists airSlate SignNow from airSlate, Inc.. airSlate SignNow is an e-signature service. Its REST API prepares documents from templates, sends signature invites, embeds signing in other apps and reports status through webhooks. A hosted MCP server gives AI agents 20 documented tools over the same account.\n\n### Who has invested in airSlate, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name G Squared and UiPath.\n\n### How are Chris's tools graded?\n\nairSlate SignNow is graded B, 68.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://il.linkedin.com/in/ayalamichelson\n- https://www.signnow.com/blog/why-users-trust-signnow/\n- https://www.signnow.com/\n- https://www.signnow.com/about\n- https://helpcenter.signnow.com/en/articles/13941997-transitioning-to-intercom\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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