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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely).\n\nDuane Whitlow started Whitlow Computer Systems, the company now called Precisely, with Stan Rintel in 1968. Its SyncSort program was the dominant sort utility for IBM mainframes through much of the 1970s and 1980s.\n\n## What Duane builds\n\n- [Precisely AI Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/precisely-ai-studio.md), graded F, 11.6/100, in Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues. Precisely AI Studio is a catalogue of apps, agents and skills for enterprise data tasks. Users try assets on sample data, then download agents and skills for use with Precisely MCP capabilities. Co-founder, Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely), researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Stan Rintel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stan-rintel/), Co-founder, Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely)\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Clearlake Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/clearlake-capital/)\n- [TA Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ta-associates/)\n- [Centerbridge Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/centerbridge-partners/)\n- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)\n- [Partners Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/partners-group/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Duane Whitlow?\n\nDuane Whitlow started Whitlow Computer Systems, the company now called Precisely, with Stan Rintel in 1968. Its SyncSort program was the dominant sort utility for IBM mainframes through much of the 1970s and 1980s.\n\n### What does Precisely make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Precisely AI Studio from Precisely. Precisely AI Studio is a catalogue of apps, agents and skills for enterprise data tasks. Users try assets on sample data, then download agents and skills for use with Precisely MCP capabilities.\n\n### Who has invested in Precisely?\n\nThe sources our research read name Clearlake Capital, TA Associates, Centerbridge Partners, Insight Partners and Partners Group.\n\n### How are Duane's tools graded?\n\nPrecisely AI Studio is graded F, 11.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.precisely.com/about-us/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precisely_(company)\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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