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  "markdown": "Chief Technology Officer.\n\n## What Dana builds\n\n- [Netlify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/netlify.md), graded B, 69.4/100, in Cloud \u0026 infrastructure. Netlify's platform for deploying and running web projects, reached through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, the netlify-cli command line tool and an official MCP server, hosted at netlify-mcp.netlify.app or run locally from npm. Chief Technology Officer, researched 2026-11-03.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Christian Bach](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christian-bach/), Co-founder, Chief Strategy and Creative Officer\n- [Mathias Biilmann](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathias-biilmann/), Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)\n- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [EQT](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eqt/)\n- [BOND](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bond/)\n- [Mango Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mango-capital/)\n- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)\n- [Preston-Werner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preston-werner-ventures/)\n- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)\n- [Designer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/designer-fund/)\n- [at.inc/](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/at-inc/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Dana Lawson?\n\nDana Lawson is chief Technology Officer.\n\n### What does Netlify make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Netlify API + MCP from Netlify. Netlify's platform for deploying and running web projects, reached through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec, the netlify-cli command line tool and an official MCP server, hosted at netlify-mcp.netlify.app or run locally from npm.\n\n### Who has invested in Netlify?\n\nThe sources our research read name Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, EQT, BOND, Mango Capital, Menlo Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Designer Fund and at.inc/.\n\n### How are Dana's tools graded?\n\nNetlify API + MCP is graded B, 69.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.netlify.com/about/\n- https://www.netlify.com/support/\n- https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-raises-usd105-million-to-transform-development-for-the-modern-web.md\n- https://www.netlify.com/press/after-onboarding-800000-developers-netlify-raises-53m-in-series-c-funding-to-fuel-enterprise-growth.md\n- https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-raises-usd30-million-to-replace-web-servers-with-a-global-application-delivery-network.md\n- https://www.netlify.com/legal/terms-of-use/\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. If a page is about you, link your account from it to write the about and set the links yourself. For a photo, a correction or to have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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