# David Friend (slim)

> David Friend is CEO and Co-founder of Wasabi Technologies. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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CEO and Co-founder, Wasabi Technologies.

David Friend co-founded Wasabi Technologies in 2017 with Jeff Flowers and is its CEO.

## What David builds

- [Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wasabi-hot-cloud-storage.md), graded C, 61.3/100, in File storage & sharing. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is S3-compatible object storage from Wasabi Technologies, sold at one price per terabyte with no egress or request fees. Agents reach it through the S3, IAM and STS APIs with standard AWS SDKs. CEO and Co-founder, Wasabi Technologies, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Jeff Flowers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-flowers/), CTO and Co-founder, Wasabi Technologies

## Backed by

- [L2 Point Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/l2-point-management/)
- [Pure Storage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pure-storage/)
- [Fidelity Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidelity-investments/)
- [Cedar Pine](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cedar-pine/)
- [Cerberus Capital Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cerberus-capital-management/)
- [Forestay Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forestay-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is David Friend?

David Friend co-founded Wasabi Technologies in 2017 with Jeff Flowers and is its CEO.

### What does Wasabi Technologies LLC make?

Anchor Terminal lists Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage from Wasabi Technologies LLC.

### Who has invested in Wasabi Technologies LLC?

The sources our research read name L2 Point Management, Pure Storage, Fidelity Investments, Cedar Pine, Cerberus Capital Management and Forestay Capital.

### How are David's tools graded?

Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is graded C, 61.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://wasabi.com/
- https://wasabi.com/support
- https://wasabi.com/about
- https://wasabi.com/company/leadership

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.