# Derek Labian

> Derek Labian is co-founder, VividEngine of LLC. Fastio on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder, VividEngine, LLC.

Derek Labian co-founded Fastio and its parent company VividEngine, which has run cloud storage and file sharing since 2006. He has spent more than 20 years building internet products and cloud storage infrastructure, with a focus on platform engineering, network architecture and large-scale systems, and is the named inventor on two US patents for indexing data across storage providers.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/labian/
- X: https://x.com/dereklabian

## What Derek builds

- [Fastio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.md), graded C, 55.5/100, in File storage & sharing. Fastio is hosted file storage with workspaces, share links and document search for teams and AI agents, from VividEngine, LLC. Agents reach it through a REST API, a hosted MCP server and an open-source CLI. Co-founder, VividEngine, LLC, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Tom Langridge](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-langridge/), Co-founder, VividEngine, LLC

## Questions

### Who is Derek Labian?

Derek Labian co-founded Fastio and its parent company VividEngine, which has run cloud storage and file sharing since 2006. He has spent more than 20 years building internet products and cloud storage infrastructure, with a focus on platform engineering, network architecture and large-scale systems, and is the named inventor on two US patents for indexing data across storage providers.

### What does VividEngine, LLC make?

Anchor Terminal lists Fastio from VividEngine, LLC. Fastio is hosted file storage with workspaces, share links and document search for teams and AI agents, from VividEngine, LLC. Agents reach it through a REST API, a hosted MCP server and an open-source CLI.

### How are Derek's tools graded?

Fastio is graded C, 55.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://fast.io/about/
- https://fast.io/
- https://fast.io/contact/

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