# Jerry Liu

> Jerry Liu is co-founder of LlamaIndex; creator of the LlamaIndex open-source project. LlamaParse API + MCP and OpenDocRouter on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, LlamaIndex; creator of the LlamaIndex open-source project.

Jerry Liu published LlamaIndex to GitHub in November 2022 as an indexing utility called GPT Tree Index, then turned it into a company incorporated in April 2023. He was earlier a machine learning engineering manager at an AI safety startup and a research scientist in Uber's autonomous vehicle division.

- GitHub: https://github.com/jerryjliu

## What Jerry builds

- [LlamaParse API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llamaparse.md), graded C, 59.4/100, in Document parsing & extraction. LlamaIndex's hosted Parse, Extract, Classify, Split and Index APIs on one LlamaCloud key, billed in credits by tier. Co-founder, LlamaIndex; creator of the LlamaIndex open-source project, researched 2026-10-28.
- [OpenDocRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opendocrouter.md), graded C, 56.9/100, in Document parsing & extraction. OpenDocRouter is a hosted API from LlamaIndex that sends PDFs and images to a document parsing model the caller picks and returns markdown for each page. It launched on 7 October 2026 and bills prepaid credit by tokens used. Co-founder, LlamaIndex; creator of the LlamaIndex open-source project, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Simon Suo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simon-suo/), Co-founder, LlamaIndex

## Backed by

- [Norwest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/norwest/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jack-altman-ceo-of-lattice/)
- [Lenny Rachitsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lenny-rachitsky/)
- [Mathilde Collin, CEO of Front](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mathilde-collin-ceo-of-front/)
- [Raquel Urtasun, CEO of Waabi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/raquel-urtasun-ceo-of-waabi/)
- [Joey Gonzalez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/joey-gonzalez/)

## Questions

### Who is Jerry Liu?

Jerry Liu published LlamaIndex to GitHub in November 2022 as an indexing utility called GPT Tree Index, then turned it into a company incorporated in April 2023. He was earlier a machine learning engineering manager at an AI safety startup and a research scientist in Uber's autonomous vehicle division.

### What does LlamaIndex make?

Anchor Terminal lists LlamaParse API + MCP and OpenDocRouter from LlamaIndex. LlamaIndex's hosted Parse, Extract, Classify, Split and Index APIs on one LlamaCloud key, billed in credits by tier.

### Who has invested in LlamaIndex?

The sources our research read name Norwest, Greylock, Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice, Lenny Rachitsky, Mathilde Collin, CEO of Front, Raquel Urtasun, CEO of Waabi and Joey Gonzalez.

### How are Jerry's tools graded?

LlamaParse API + MCP is graded C, 59.4 out of 100; OpenDocRouter is graded C, 56.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.llamaindex.ai/
- https://www.llamaindex.ai/about
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LlamaIndex
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index
- https://github.com/Disiok
- https://www.opendocrouter.ai/

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