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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\nJohn Kodumal co-founded LaunchDarkly, the feature management platform, with Edith Harbaugh in 2014. He was previously a development manager at Atlassian, leading engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace, and an architect at Coverity working on static and dynamic analysis. He holds a PhD in programming languages and type systems from UC Berkeley.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkodumal/\n\n## What John builds\n\n- [LaunchDarkly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/launchdarkly.md), graded B, 69.3/100, in Product analytics \u0026 experimentation. LaunchDarkly is a hosted feature flag and experimentation platform from Catamorphic, Co., with observability and AI configuration products. Agents reach it through an official hosted MCP server with OAuth and a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Edith Harbaugh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edith-harbaugh/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Jonathan Nolen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jonathan-nolen/), Chief Product Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Uncork Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/uncork-capital/)\n- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)\n- [500 Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/500-global/)\n- [Cervin Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cervin-ventures/)\n- [DFJ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dfj/)\n- [Redpoint Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/redpoint-ventures/)\n- [Vertex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex/)\n- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)\n- [Nancy Ramamurthi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nancy-ramamurthi/)\n- [Will Aldrich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/will-aldrich/)\n- [Andy Chou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andy-chou/)\n- [Josh Wold](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/josh-wold/)\n- [Paul Loomis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paul-loomis/)\n- [Ravi Chandrasekaran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ravi-chandrasekaran/)\n- [Giles Goodwin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/giles-goodwin/)\n- [Sean Byrnes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sean-byrnes/)\n- [Andy McLoughlin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andy-mcloughlin/)\n- [Dave Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dave-johnson/)\n- [Erik Eccles](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/erik-eccles/)\n- [Patrick Linskey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/patrick-linskey/)\n- [Matt Cutler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matt-cutler/)\n- [Neeraj Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neeraj-gupta/)\n- [Preetish Nijhawan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preetish-nijhawan/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is John Kodumal?\n\nJohn Kodumal co-founded LaunchDarkly, the feature management platform, with Edith Harbaugh in 2014. He was previously a development manager at Atlassian, leading engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace, and an architect at Coverity working on static and dynamic analysis. He holds a PhD in programming languages and type systems from UC Berkeley.\n\n### What does Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists LaunchDarkly from Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly). LaunchDarkly is a hosted feature flag and experimentation platform from Catamorphic, Co., with observability and AI configuration products. Agents reach it through an official hosted MCP server with OAuth and a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec.\n\n### Who has invested in Catamorphic, Co. 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