# Laurent Perrin (slim)

> Laurent Perrin is co-founder of Front. Front API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Front.

Laurent Perrin is co-founder and CTO of Front, a customer communications platform that went through Y Combinator's Summer 2014 batch.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-perrin-9199505/
- X: https://x.com/l_perrin

## What Laurent builds

- [Front API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/front.md), graded B, 63.7/100, in Customer support & helpdesk. Front's Core API for its shared inbox (conversations, messages, drafts, comments, tags, contacts, accounts, inboxes, teammates and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.frontapp.com/mcp. Co-founder, Front, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Mathilde Collin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathilde-collin/), Co-founder, Front

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Social Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/social-capital/)
- [Stewart Butterfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stewart-butterfield/)
- [Eoghan McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eoghan-mccabe/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [DFJ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dfj/)
- [Mike Cannon-Brookes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-cannon-brookes/)
- [Jay Simons](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/)
- [Frederic Kerrest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/frederic-kerrest/)
- [Ryan Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ryan-smith/)
- [Jared Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jared-smith/)
- [Eric Yuan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-yuan/)
- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)
- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)
- [Jennifer Tejada](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jennifer-tejada/)
- [Threshold Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/threshold-ventures/)
- [Uncork Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/uncork-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Laurent Perrin?

Laurent Perrin is co-founder and CTO of Front, a customer communications platform that went through Y Combinator's Summer 2014 batch.

### What does Front make?

Anchor Terminal lists Front API + MCP from Front.

### Who has invested in Front?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Social Capital, Stewart Butterfield, Eoghan McCabe, Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Jay Simons, Frederic Kerrest, Ryan Smith, Jared Smith, Eric Yuan, Salesforce, Battery Ventures, Jennifer Tejada, Threshold Ventures and Uncork Capital.

### How are Laurent's tools graded?

Front API + MCP is graded B, 63.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://front.com/about
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/front
- https://front.com/
- https://front.com/teams/customer-service-support

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.