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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Onyx.\n\nChris Weaver co-founded Onyx, formerly Danswer, with Yuhong Sun. The company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch. Before Onyx he was a tech lead at Robinhood.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-weaver101\n\n## What Chris builds\n\n- [Onyx](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onyx.md), graded B, 65.2/100, in Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues. Open-source enterprise search and chat platform, formerly Danswer. Co-founder, Onyx, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Yuhong Sun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yuhong-sun/), Co-founder, Onyx\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Khosla Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/khosla-ventures/)\n- [First Round Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/first-round-capital/)\n- [Gokul Rajaram](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gokul-rajaram/)\n- [Arash Ferdowsi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arash-ferdowsi/)\n- [Amit Agarwal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amit-agarwal/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Chris Weaver?\n\nChris Weaver co-founded Onyx, formerly Danswer, with Yuhong Sun. The company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch. Before Onyx he was a tech lead at Robinhood.\n\n### What does DanswerAI, Inc. (Onyx, formerly Danswer) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Onyx from DanswerAI, Inc. (Onyx, formerly Danswer). Open-source enterprise search and chat platform, formerly Danswer.\n\n### Who has invested in DanswerAI, Inc. (Onyx, formerly Danswer)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Gokul Rajaram, Arash Ferdowsi and Amit Agarwal.\n\n### How are Chris's tools graded?\n\nOnyx is graded B, 65.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://onyx.app/\n- https://onyx.app/contact\n- https://www.onyx.app/about\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/onyx\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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