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  "markdown": "Co-founder and Head of Sales.\n\nHendrix Liu is co-founder and head of sales at Respan, formerly Keywords AI. He joined after the company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and became its third co-founder, alongside Andy Li and Raymond Huang.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrix-liu-7a015822b/\n\n## What Hendrix builds\n\n- [Respan API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/respan.md), graded B, 65.7/100, in Agent observability \u0026 evals. Hosted tracing, evals, prompt management and an LLM gateway to 250+ models, from the company formerly called Keywords AI. Co-founder and Head of Sales, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andy Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-li/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Raymond Huang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raymond-huang/), Co-founder and CTO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Gradient Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gradient-ventures/)\n- [Hat-Trick Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hat-trick-capital/)\n- [Xiaoxiao Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/xiaoxiao-fund/)\n- [Antigravity Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/antigravity-capital/)\n- [Alpen Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alpen-capital/)\n- [Fabian Hedin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fabian-hedin/)\n- [Zexia Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zexia-zhang/)\n- [Todd Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/todd-li/)\n- [Deshraj Yadav](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/deshraj-yadav/)\n- [Daniel Kivatinos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/daniel-kivatinos/)\n- [William Zeng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/william-zeng/)\n- [Jude Rizzo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jude-rizzo/)\n- [Daniel Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/daniel-wolf/)\n- [Dawson Chen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dawson-chen/)\n- [Ethan Hou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ethan-hou/)\n- [Shuangling Yin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/shuangling-yin/)\n- [Pennie Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pennie-li/)\n- [Jinjing Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jinjing-liang/)\n- [Anand Chowdhary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anand-chowdhary/)\n- [Raymond Wang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/raymond-wang/)\n- [Karthik Narayanan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/karthik-narayanan/)\n- [Ishaan Kolluri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ishaan-kolluri/)\n- [Matthew Eggertson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matthew-eggertson/)\n- [Richard Deng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/richard-deng/)\n- [Steef Van Winkel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/steef-van-winkel/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Hendrix Liu?\n\nHendrix Liu is co-founder and head of sales at Respan, formerly Keywords AI. He joined after the company went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and became its third co-founder, alongside Andy Li and Raymond Huang.\n\n### What does Respan (formerly Keywords AI) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Respan API + MCP from Respan (formerly Keywords AI). Hosted tracing, evals, prompt management and an LLM gateway to 250+ models, from the company formerly called Keywords AI.\n\n### Who has invested in Respan (formerly Keywords AI)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures, Hat-Trick Capital, Xiaoxiao Fund, Antigravity Capital, Alpen Capital, Fabian Hedin, Zexia Zhang, Todd Li, Deshraj Yadav, Daniel Kivatinos, William Zeng, Jude Rizzo, Daniel Wolf, Dawson Chen, Ethan Hou, Shuangling Yin, Pennie Li, Jinjing Liang, Anand Chowdhary, Raymond Wang, Karthik Narayanan, Ishaan Kolluri, Matthew Eggertson, Richard Deng and Steef Van Winkel.\n\n### How are Hendrix's tools graded?\n\nRespan API + MCP is graded B, 65.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/respan\n- https://www.respan.ai/\n- https://www.respan.ai/contact\n- https://www.respan.ai/about\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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