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  "markdown": "Founder and former CEO, OpenBB; co-founder, OpenBQ.\n\nDidier Rodrigues Lopes wrote the first code of Gamestonk Terminal in December 2020, the project that became OpenBB, and led OpenBB as chief executive for five years. When the company wound down in 2026 and released its products under the Apache 2.0 licence, he co-founded OpenBQ with BrightQuery's Jose Plehn-Dujowich to steward its technology.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/didier-lopes/\n- X: https://x.com/didier_lopes\n- GitHub: https://github.com/DidierRLopes\n\n## What Didier builds\n\n- [OpenBB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openbb.md), graded C, 60.6/100, in Data providers. OpenBB's Open Data Platform (ODP) is an open-source Python toolkit that connects public and exchange data sources, such as FRED, SEC EDGAR, the IMF and Cboe, and exposes them through Python, a local REST API and an MCP server. Founder and former CEO, OpenBB; co-founder, OpenBQ, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ihsan Saracgil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ihsan-saracgil/), CPO, OpenBB, until its wind-down in 2026\n- [Jose Plehn-Dujowich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jose-plehn-dujowich/), Co-founder, OpenBQ; founder and CEO, BrightQuery\n- [Minh Hoang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/minh-hoang/), Head of Product, OpenBB, until its wind-down in 2026\n- [Theodore Aptekarev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/theodore-aptekarev/), CTO, OpenBB, until its wind-down in 2026\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [OSS Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/oss-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Didier Rodrigues Lopes?\n\nDidier Rodrigues Lopes wrote the first code of Gamestonk Terminal in December 2020, the project that became OpenBB, and led OpenBB as chief executive for five years. When the company wound down in 2026 and released its products under the Apache 2.0 licence, he co-founded OpenBQ with BrightQuery's Jose Plehn-Dujowich to steward its technology.\n\n### What does OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists OpenBB from OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ). OpenBB's Open Data Platform (ODP) is an open-source Python toolkit that connects public and exchange data sources, such as FRED, SEC EDGAR, the IMF and Cboe, and exposes them through Python, a local REST API and an MCP server.\n\n### Who has invested in OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ)?\n\nThe sources our research read name OSS Capital.\n\n### How are Didier's tools graded?\n\nOpenBB is graded C, 60.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://openbb.co/\n- https://openbb.co/contact/\n- https://openbb.co/company/about/\n- https://openbb.co/blog/openbb-belongs-to-everyone/\n- https://github.com/DidierRLopes\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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