{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-yves-poilleux/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-yves-poilleux/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-yves-poilleux/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-yves-poilleux/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO.\n\nJean-Yves Poilleux co-founded folk in 2020 and is its chief technology officer. An engineer, he previously led a 30-person team at a scale-up and worked in a 120-person technology department at a large company.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jypoilleux-profile/\n\n## What Jean-Yves builds\n\n- [folk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.md), graded C, 60.9/100, in CRM \u0026 customer platforms. REST API and hosted MCP server for folk, a relationship CRM for small teams. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Simo Lemhandez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simo-lemhandez/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Thibaud Elzière](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thibaud-elziere/), Co-founder\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n- [Hexa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hexa/)\n- [Bradley Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bradley-horowitz/)\n- [Stan Massueras](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stan-massueras/)\n- [David Breger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-breger/)\n- [Vlad Magdalin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vlad-magdalin/)\n- [Scott Belsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky/)\n- [Kyle Parrish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kyle-parrish/)\n- [Arash Ferdowsi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arash-ferdowsi/)\n- [Nir Eyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nir-eyal/)\n- [David Apple](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-apple/)\n- [Christian Reber](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/christian-reber/)\n- [Nicolas Dessaigne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nicolas-dessaigne/)\n- [Arthur Waller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arthur-waller/)\n- [Guillaume Princen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillaume-princen/)\n- [Ujjwal Singh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ujjwal-singh/)\n- [Bobby Goodlatte](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bobby-goodlatte/)\n- [Andreas Klinger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreas-klinger/)\n- [Charles Gorintin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/charles-gorintin/)\n- [Roxanne Varza](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/roxanne-varza/)\n- [Jean de La Rochebrochard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jean-de-la-rochebrochard/)\n- [Steve Anavi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/steve-anavi/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Jean-Yves Poilleux?\n\nJean-Yves Poilleux co-founded folk in 2020 and is its chief technology officer. An engineer, he previously led a 30-person team at a scale-up and worked in a 120-person technology department at a large company.\n\n### What does folk make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists folk API + MCP from folk. REST API and hosted MCP server for folk, a relationship CRM for small teams.\n\n### Who has invested in folk?\n\nThe sources our research read name Accel, Hexa, Bradley Horowitz, Stan Massueras, David Breger, Vlad Magdalin, Scott Belsky, Kyle Parrish, Arash Ferdowsi, Nir Eyal, David Apple, Christian Reber, Nicolas Dessaigne, Arthur Waller, Guillaume Princen, Ujjwal Singh, Bobby Goodlatte, Andreas Klinger, Charles Gorintin, Roxanne Varza, Jean de La Rochebrochard and Steve Anavi.\n\n### How are Jean-Yves's tools graded?\n\nfolk API + MCP is graded C, 60.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.folk.app/\n- https://www.folk.app/authors/simo-lemhandez\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. 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