Founder of a listed tool

Jakub Balada

Co-founder, named behind the Apify MCP Server listing on Anchor Terminal.

Jakub Balada

Co-founder

Jakub Balada co-founded Apify, a platform for web scraping, browser automation and data tools for AI agents, with Jan Čurn in 2015. The pair started it through the Y Combinator Fellowship in Mountain View before returning to the Czech Republic in 2016 to raise a seed round and build the company in Prague.

What Jakub builds

  • Apify MCP Server BB · Web scraping & crawling

    Exposes thousands of Apify Store Actors (scrapers, crawlers, automations) as dynamically discovered MCP tools, hosted at mcp.apify.com or run locally; supports OAuth, API tokens and agentic payments (x402 prepaid tokens, Skyfire).

    Co-founder, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Jakub Balada?

Jakub Balada co-founded Apify, a platform for web scraping, browser automation and data tools for AI agents, with Jan Čurn in 2015. The pair started it through the Y Combinator Fellowship in Mountain View before returning to the Czech Republic in 2016 to raise a seed round and build the company in Prague.

What does Apify make?

Anchor Terminal lists Apify MCP Server from Apify. Exposes thousands of Apify Store Actors (scrapers, crawlers, automations) as dynamically discovered MCP tools, hosted at mcp.apify.com or run locally; supports OAuth, API tokens and agentic payments (x402 prepaid tokens, Skyfire).

Who has invested in Apify?

The sources our research read name Reflex Capital and INCOMMING ventures.

How are Jakub's tools graded?

Apify MCP Server is graded BB, 76.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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