# James Hawkins (slim)

> James Hawkins is co-founder and co-CEO. PostHog on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and co-CEO.

James Hawkins is co-founder and co-CEO of PostHog, a product analytics and data platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch, which launched on Hacker News in 2020 four weeks after the team began writing code.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-hawkins/
- X: https://x.com/james406

## What James builds

- [PostHog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog.md), graded B, 68.4/100, in Product analytics & experimentation. PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform with session replay, feature flags, experiments, error tracking and a data warehouse. Agents reach PostHog Cloud through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec and an official hosted MCP server. Co-founder and co-CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Tim Glaser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-glaser/), Co-founder and co-CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)
- [Jason Warner (CTO, GitHub)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jason-warner-cto-github/)
- [Solomon Hykes (Founder, Docker)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/solomon-hykes-founder-docker/)
- [Stripe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stripe/)
- [Formus Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/formus-capital/)
- [Peak XV Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/peak-xv-partners/)

## Questions

### Who is James Hawkins?

James Hawkins is co-founder and co-CEO of PostHog, a product analytics and data platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch, which launched on Hacker News in 2020 four weeks after the team began writing code.

### What does PostHog Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists PostHog from PostHog Inc..

### Who has invested in PostHog Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, GV, Jason Warner (CTO, GitHub), Solomon Hykes (Founder, Docker), Stripe, Formus Capital and Peak XV Partners.

### How are James's tools graded?

PostHog is graded B, 68.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://posthog.com/about
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/posthog
- https://x.com/james406
- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/400222-tim-glaser
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/timgl
- https://posthog.com/
- https://posthog.com/docs/support-options
- https://posthog.com/handbook/support/support-team
- https://posthog.com/docs/support
- https://posthog.com/talk-to-a-human

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.