# Duane Whitlow (slim)

> Duane Whitlow is co-founder of Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely). Precisely AI Studio on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely).

Duane 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.

## What Duane builds

- [Precisely AI Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/precisely-ai-studio.md), graded F, 11.6/100, in Company knowledge & 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.

## Works with

- [Stan Rintel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stan-rintel/), Co-founder, Whitlow Computer Systems (now Precisely)

## Backed by

- [Clearlake Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/clearlake-capital/)
- [TA Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ta-associates/)
- [Centerbridge Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/centerbridge-partners/)
- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)
- [Partners Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/partners-group/)

## Questions

### Who is Duane Whitlow?

Duane 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.

### What does Precisely make?

Anchor Terminal lists Precisely AI Studio from Precisely.

### Who has invested in Precisely?

The sources our research read name Clearlake Capital, TA Associates, Centerbridge Partners, Insight Partners and Partners Group.

### How are Duane's tools graded?

Precisely AI Studio is graded F, 11.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.precisely.com/about-us/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precisely_(company)

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.