Building a listed tool
Dan O'Connell
Chief Executive Officer, Front, named behind the Front API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Dan builds
Front API + MCP B · Customer support & helpdesk
Front's Core API for its shared inbox (conversations, messages, drafts, comments, tags, contacts, accounts, inboxes, teammates and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.frontapp.com/mcp.
Chief Executive Officer, Front, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Laurent Perrin Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Front
- Mathilde Collin Co-founder and Executive Chair, Front
Backed by
Y Combinator Hexa Uncork Capital boldstart ventures Point Nine Caffeinated Capital Hiten Shah Jason Lemkin Dave Morin Elad Gil Paul Buchheit Geoff Ralston Jeff Bonforte Social Capital Stewart Butterfield Eoghan McCabe Sequoia Capital DFJ Mike Cannon-Brookes Jay Simons Frederic Kerrest Ryan Smith Jared Smith Eric Yuan Salesforce Battery Ventures Jennifer Tejada Threshold Ventures
Questions
Who is Dan O'Connell?
Dan O'Connell has led Front as chief executive since 2024, succeeding co-founder Mathilde Collin, and has guided the company past $100M in annual recurring revenue. He was earlier chief executive of TalkIQ and Chief Strategy and AI Officer at Dialpad.
What does Front make?
Anchor Terminal lists Front API + MCP from Front. Front's Core API for its shared inbox (conversations, messages, drafts, comments, tags, contacts, accounts, inboxes, teammates and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.frontapp.com/mcp.
Who has invested in Front?
The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Hexa, Uncork Capital, boldstart ventures, Point Nine, Caffeinated Capital, Hiten Shah, Jason Lemkin, Dave Morin, Elad Gil, Paul Buchheit, Geoff Ralston, Jeff Bonforte, Social Capital, Stewart Butterfield, Eoghan McCabe, Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Jay Simons, Frederic Kerrest, Ryan Smith, Jared Smith, Eric Yuan, Salesforce, Battery Ventures, Jennifer Tejada and Threshold Ventures.
How are Dan's tools graded?
Front API + MCP is graded B, 63.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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