# David Barrett

> David Barrett is co-founder of Intercom. Intercom API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Intercom.

David Barrett co-founded Intercom, now called Fin, in 2011 with Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor and Ciaran Lee. The four had run Contrast, a software design consultancy, and used the proceeds from selling its Exceptional bug tracker to Rackspace to start Intercom.

## What David builds

- [Intercom API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/intercom.md), graded BB, 71.6/100, in Customer support & helpdesk. Intercom's REST API (conversations, contacts, companies, tickets, notes, tags, articles, data attributes and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server. Co-founder, Intercom, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Ciaran Lee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ciaran-lee/), Co-founder and Chief Engineer
- [Des Traynor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/des-traynor/), Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
- [Eoghan McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eoghan-mccabe/), Co-founder, Intercom

## Backed by

- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is David Barrett?

David Barrett co-founded Intercom, now called Fin, in 2011 with Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor and Ciaran Lee. The four had run Contrast, a software design consultancy, and used the proceeds from selling its Exceptional bug tracker to Rackspace to start Intercom.

### What does Intercom make?

Anchor Terminal lists Intercom API + MCP from Intercom. Intercom's REST API (conversations, contacts, companies, tickets, notes, tags, articles, data attributes and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server.

### Who has invested in Intercom?

The sources our research read name Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures.

### How are David's tools graded?

Intercom API + MCP is graded BB, 71.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://fin.ai/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/destraynor/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciaran-lee-51bb402/
- https://www.intercom.com/help/en/articles/8771110-getting-started-faqs
- https://www.intercom.com/

Not the same person as [David Barrett](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-barrett/) (Expensify, Inc.), as far as the research can tell.

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