# Dave Teare (slim)

> Dave Teare is co-founder of 1Password. 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, 1Password.

Dave Teare co-founded AgileBits, the company behind the 1Password password manager, and started 1Password with Roustem Karimov in 2005. He works directly with customers to understand their needs, whether by showing them what the product already does or writing new code to improve it.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveteare/

## What Dave builds

- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.md), graded BB, 71.8/100, in Secrets & credential vaults. Password manager with a developer layer for agents. Co-founder, 1Password, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Natalia Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/natalia-karimov/), Co-founder, 1Password
- [Roustem Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/roustem-karimov/), Co-founder, 1Password
- [Sara Teare](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sara-teare/), Co-founder and Board Member

## Backed by

- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)
- [Sound Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sound-ventures/)
- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)
- [Slack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/slack/)
- [Backbone Angels](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/backbone-angels/)
- [Tobias Lütke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tobias-lutke/)
- [Harley Finkelstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/harley-finkelstein/)
- [Stewart Butterfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stewart-butterfield/)
- [Mike Cannon-Brookes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-cannon-brookes/)
- [Scott Farquhar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-farquhar/)
- [Anthony Casalena](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anthony-casalena/)
- [Kevin Hartz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kevin-hartz/)
- [Robert Vis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/robert-vis/)
- [Jeff Weiner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-weiner/)
- [Mary Barra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mary-barra/)
- [Bob Iger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bob-iger/)
- [Ryan Reynolds](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ryan-reynolds/)
- [Scarlett Johansson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scarlett-johansson/)
- [Pharrell Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pharrell-williams/)
- [Rita Wilson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rita-wilson/)

## Questions

### Who is Dave Teare?

Dave Teare co-founded AgileBits, the company behind the 1Password password manager, and started 1Password with Roustem Karimov in 2005. He works directly with customers to understand their needs, whether by showing them what the product already does or writing new code to improve it.

### What does 1Password make?

Anchor Terminal lists 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP from 1Password.

### Who has invested in 1Password?

The sources our research read name Accel, Sound Ventures, ICONIQ, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce, Slack, Backbone Angels, Tobias Lütke, Harley Finkelstein, Stewart Butterfield, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Farquhar, Anthony Casalena, Kevin Hartz, Robert Vis, Jeff Weiner, Mary Barra, Bob Iger, Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson, Pharrell Williams and Rita Wilson.

### How are Dave's tools graded?

1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP is graded BB, 71.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://1password.com/company
- https://1password.com/company/meet-the-team/sara-teare
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveteare/
- https://1password.com/
- https://1password.com/contact-support

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.