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  "markdown": "Founder and CEO, n8n.\n\nJan Oberhauser founded n8n in Berlin and launched it publicly in October 2019, and is the company's CEO. Before n8n he worked in film as a visual-effects artist and pipeline engineer, with credits including a Pirates of the Caribbean film.\n\n## What Jan builds\n\n- [n8n API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.md), graded D, 53.2/100, in Workflow automation. Workflow builder you can run on n8n Cloud or self-host. Founder and CEO, n8n, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)\n- [Highland Europe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/highland-europe/)\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n- [SAP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sap/)\n- [HV Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hv-capital/)\n- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)\n- [Redpoint Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/redpoint-ventures/)\n- [Evantic Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/evantic-capital/)\n- [Visionaries Club](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/visionaries-club/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [Deutsche Telekom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/deutsche-telekom/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Jan Oberhauser?\n\nJan Oberhauser founded n8n in Berlin and launched it publicly in October 2019, and is the company's CEO. Before n8n he worked in film as a visual-effects artist and pipeline engineer, with credits including a Pirates of the Caribbean film.\n\n### What does n8n make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists n8n API + MCP from n8n. Workflow builder you can run on n8n Cloud or self-host.\n\n### Who has invested in n8n?\n\nThe sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, Felicis, Highland Europe, Accel, SAP, HV Capital, Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Evantic Capital, Visionaries Club, NVIDIA and Deutsche Telekom.\n\n### How are Jan's tools graded?\n\nn8n API + MCP is graded D, 53.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://n8n.io/\n- https://n8n.io/contact/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N8n\n- https://n8n.io/careers/\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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