Founder of a listed tool
David Barrett
Founder and CEO, named behind the Expensify listing on Anchor Terminal.
What David builds
Expensify E · Spend management & procurement
Expensify is an expense management service with receipt scanning, expense reports, approvals, reimbursement and company cards. Its Integration Server API exports report and card data and creates expenses, reports and workspace settings. A hosted MCP server gives read-only search.
Founder and CEO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Questions
Who is David Barrett?
David Barrett founded Expensify in 2008 and is its CEO. He introduced the idea at TechCrunch50 that year as a corporate card concept, and the company went on to build SmartScan receipt scanning. Before Expensify he led engineering at Red Swoosh, which Akamai acquired in 2007.
What does Expensify, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Expensify from Expensify, Inc.. Expensify is an expense management service with receipt scanning, expense reports, approvals, reimbursement and company cards. Its Integration Server API exports report and card data and creates expenses, reports and workspace settings. A hosted MCP server gives read-only search.
How are David's tools graded?
Expensify is graded E, 41.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (4)
Not the same person as David Barrett (Intercom), as far as the research can tell, since the listings name them at different companies with different or no profiles.
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