# Dan Farrelly (slim)

> Dan Farrelly is founder and CTO of Inngest. Inngest on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and CTO, Inngest.

## What Dan builds

- [Inngest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inngest.md), graded B, 66.1/100, in Human approval & handoff. Durable execution platform for TypeScript, Python and Go, with event-driven workflows and support for human approval. Founder and CTO, Inngest, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Tony Holdstock-Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tony-holdstock-brown/), Founder and CEO, Inngest

## Backed by

- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Notable Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/notable-capital/)
- [Afore Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/afore-capital/)
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)
- [Banana Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/banana-capital/)
- [Comma Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/comma-capital/)
- [Tom Preston-Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tom-preston-werner/)
- [Jason Warner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jason-warner/)
- [Jake Cooper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jake-cooper/)
- [Tristan Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tristan-handy/)
- [Oana Olteanu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/oana-olteanu/)
- [Ian Livingstone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ian-livingstone/)
- [Pim De Witte](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pim-de-witte/)

## Questions

### Who is Dan Farrelly?

Dan Farrelly is founder and CTO of Inngest.

### What does Inngest make?

Anchor Terminal lists Inngest from Inngest.

### Who has invested in Inngest?

The sources our research read name Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Notable Capital, Afore Capital, Guillermo Rauch, Kleiner Perkins, Banana Capital, Comma Capital, Tom Preston-Werner, Jason Warner, Jake Cooper, Tristan Handy, Oana Olteanu, Ian Livingstone and Pim De Witte.

### How are Dan's tools graded?

Inngest is graded B, 66.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.inngest.com/
- https://www.inngest.com/get-in-touch?ref=footer
- https://www.inngest.com/about

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.