{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO.\n\nMagnus Hillestad is co-founder and CEO of Sanity, the content platform. He was previously a director at the private equity firm EQT Partners and worked in corporate finance and M\u0026A at Arctic Securities. Opening Sanity's Everything NYC 2026 keynote, he argued that agents need content with the audit trail, security and compliance that human teams rely on.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnushillestad/\n\n## What Magnus builds\n\n- [Sanity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sanity.md), graded BB, 73.7/100, in CMS \u0026 website publishing. Sanity is a hosted headless CMS. Content is stored as JSON documents in the Content Lake, queried with GROQ and edited in the open-source Sanity Studio. Agents reach it through the HTTP API or the hosted MCP server at mcp.sanity.io. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Even Westvang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/even-westvang/), Co-founder; product work\n- [Simen Svale Skogsrud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simen-svale-skogsrud/), Co-founder and CTO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Heavybit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/heavybit/)\n- [Alliance Venture](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alliance-venture/)\n- [Jon Dahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jon-dahl/)\n- [Ohad Eder-Pressman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ohad-eder-pressman/)\n- [Ev Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ev-williams/)\n- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)\n- [Lead Edge Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lead-edge-capital/)\n- [Threshold Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/threshold-ventures/)\n- [Monochrome Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/monochrome-capital/)\n- [Shopify](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/shopify/)\n- [GP Bullhound](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gp-bullhound/)\n- [Blue Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blue-cloud-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Magnus Hillestad?\n\nMagnus Hillestad is co-founder and CEO of Sanity, the content platform. He was previously a director at the private equity firm EQT Partners and worked in corporate finance and M\u0026A at Arctic Securities. Opening Sanity's Everything NYC 2026 keynote, he argued that agents need content with the audit trail, security and compliance that human teams rely on.\n\n### What does Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Sanity from Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS. Sanity is a hosted headless CMS. Content is stored as JSON documents in the Content Lake, queried with GROQ and edited in the open-source Sanity Studio. Agents reach it through the HTTP API or the hosted MCP server at mcp.sanity.io.\n\n### Who has invested in Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS?\n\nThe sources our research read name Heavybit, Alliance Venture, Jon Dahl, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Ev Williams, ICONIQ, Lead Edge Capital, Threshold Ventures, Monochrome Capital, Shopify, GP Bullhound and Blue Cloud Ventures.\n\n### How are Magnus's tools graded?\n\nSanity is graded BB, 73.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.sanity.io/everything-2026-keynote\n- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=Magnus%20Hillestad\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/simenss/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=Even%20Westvang\n- https://www.sanity.io/\n- https://www.sanity.io/contact\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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