{
  "data": null,
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dustin-tran/",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dustin-tran/index.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dustin-tran/index.md",
    "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dustin-tran/index.min.md"
  },
  "markdown": "Chief Reasoning Architect.\n\n- X: https://x.com/dustinvtran\n\n## What Dustin builds\n\n- [Glimpse](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elorian-glimpse.md), graded D, 49/100, in Model APIs \u0026 inference. Glimpse is Elorian's visual reasoning model, released as a research preview on 16 October 2026. It takes text, images and video and returns text, through Elorian's own API and chat app and through OpenRouter. Chief Reasoning Architect, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrew Dai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-dai/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Seth Neel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/seth-neel/), Co-founder and Member of Technical Staff\n- [Yinfei Yang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yinfei-yang/), Co-founder and Chief Multimodal Architect\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Striker Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/striker-ventures/)\n- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)\n- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [49 Palms](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/49-palms/)\n- [Jeff Dean](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Dustin Tran?\n\nDustin Tran is chief Reasoning Architect.\n\n### What does Elorian make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Glimpse from Elorian. Glimpse is Elorian's visual reasoning model, released as a research preview on 16 October 2026. It takes text, images and video and returns text, through Elorian's own API and chat app and through OpenRouter.\n\n### Who has invested in Elorian?\n\nThe sources our research read name Striker Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter Capital, NVIDIA, 49 Palms and Jeff Dean.\n\n### How are Dustin's tools graded?\n\nGlimpse is graded D, 49 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://elorian.ai/team.html\n- https://elorian.ai/models.html\n- https://x.com/AndrewDai\n- https://x.com/yinfeiy\n- https://x.com/SethInternet\n- https://x.com/dustinvtran\n- https://elorian.ai/\n- https://x.com/ElorianAI\n- https://elorian.ai/support\n- https://elorian.ai/support.html\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",
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "attributionRequired": true,
    "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.7",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
    "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data"
  },
  "page": {
    "breadcrumbs": [
      {
        "name": "Home",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/"
      },
      {
        "name": "People building AI tools",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dustin Tran",
        "url": ""
      }
    ],
    "description": "Dustin Tran is chief Reasoning Architect. Glimpse on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.",
    "facts": null,
    "h1": "Dustin Tran",
    "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/default.png",
    "path": "/people/dustin-tran/",
    "published": "",
    "section": "people",
    "title": "Dustin Tran, Chief Reasoning Architect | Anchor Terminal",
    "toc": null,
    "updated": "2026-10-28",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dustin-tran/"
  },
  "tokens": {
    "markdown": 850,
    "slim": 630
  },
  "version": 1
}