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  "markdown": "Co-founder and director, draw.io Ltd.\n\nDavid Benson co-founded the company behind draw.io, incorporated in 2000 and later renamed JGraph Ltd and then draw.io Ltd, and has been a director since 2000. In 2012 Benson explained that the hosted Diagramly service became draw.io because the .io suffix was 'a lot cooler than .ly'.\n\n## What David builds\n\n- [draw.io + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/drawio.md), graded B, 62.2/100, in Diagramming. The open-source diagram editor (also diagrams.net) with an official MCP server. Co-founder and director, draw.io Ltd, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Gaudenz Alder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gaudenz-alder/), Original author of JGraph, the base of draw.io\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is David Benson?\n\nDavid Benson co-founded the company behind draw.io, incorporated in 2000 and later renamed JGraph Ltd and then draw.io Ltd, and has been a director since 2000. In 2012 Benson explained that the hosted Diagramly service became draw.io because the .io suffix was 'a lot cooler than .ly'.\n\n### What does draw.io Ltd (formerly JGraph Ltd) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists draw.io + MCP from draw.io Ltd (formerly JGraph Ltd). The open-source diagram editor (also diagrams.net) with an official MCP server.\n\n### How are David's tools graded?\n\ndraw.io + MCP is graded B, 62.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.drawio.com/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagrams.net\n- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04051179/officers\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. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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