# Mark Backman

> Mark Backman is VP Product at Daily. Pipecat on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

VP Product at Daily.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-backman/

## What Mark builds

- [Pipecat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipecat.md), graded B, 69.1/100, in Conversational voice agents. Pipecat is Daily's open-source Python framework for real-time voice and multimodal agents, built as pipelines of transport, speech-to-text, LLM and text-to-speech services, with client SDKs and optional hosting on Pipecat Cloud. VP Product at Daily, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Aleix Conchillo Flaqué](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aleix-conchillo-flaque/), Engineer at Daily; Pipecat builder
- [Kwindla Hultman Kramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kwindla-hultman-kramer/), CEO at Daily; Pipecat maintainer

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Lachy Groom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lachy-groom/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [Worklife Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/worklife-ventures/)
- [Freestyle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/freestyle/)
- [Renegade Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/renegade-partners/)
- [Root Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/root-ventures/)
- [Slack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/slack/)
- [Moxxie Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/moxxie-ventures/)
- [Haystack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/haystack/)
- [TenOneTen Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tenoneten-ventures/)
- [Ground Up Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ground-up-ventures/)
- [Offline Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/offline-ventures/)
- [Basement Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/basement-fund/)
- [Compound](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/compound/)
- [Albert Ni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/albert-ni/)
- [Alex Gerko](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alex-gerko/)
- [April Underwood](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/april-underwood/)
- [Aston Motes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aston-motes/)
- [Bayan Tawfiq](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bayan-tawfiq/)
- [Christian Reiber](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/christian-reiber/)
- [David Eckstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-eckstein/)
- [Des Traynor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/des-traynor/)
- [Ed Lando](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ed-lando/)
- [Elizabeth Weil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elizabeth-weil/)
- [Ellen Levy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ellen-levy/)
- [Eric Cohen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-cohen/)
- [Gokul Rajaram](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gokul-rajaram/)
- [Jeff Seibert](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-seibert/)
- [Kevin Weil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kevin-weil/)
- [Ludwig Pettersson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ludwig-pettersson/)
- [Michael Stoppelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-stoppelman/)
- [Nat Friedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nat-friedman/)
- [Pete Huitsing](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pete-huitsing/)
- [Roger Dickey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/roger-dickey/)
- [Rahul Vohra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rahul-vohra/)
- [Sarah Imbach](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sarah-imbach/)
- [Scott Belsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky/)
- [Todd Goldberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/todd-goldberg/)
- [Wayne Chang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wayne-chang/)

## Questions

### Who is Mark Backman?

Mark Backman is VP Product at Daily.

### What does Daily make?

Anchor Terminal lists Pipecat from Daily. Pipecat is Daily's open-source Python framework for real-time voice and multimodal agents, built as pipelines of transport, speech-to-text, LLM and text-to-speech services, with client SDKs and optional hosting on Pipecat Cloud.

### Who has invested in Daily?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Lachy Groom, Tiger Global, Worklife Ventures, Freestyle, Renegade Partners, Root Ventures, Slack, Moxxie Ventures, Haystack, TenOneTen Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, Offline Ventures, Basement Fund, Compound, Albert Ni, Alex Gerko, April Underwood, Aston Motes, Bayan Tawfiq, Christian Reiber, David Eckstein, Des Traynor, Ed Lando, Elizabeth Weil, Ellen Levy, Eric Cohen, Gokul Rajaram, Jeff Seibert, Kevin Weil, Ludwig Pettersson, Michael Stoppelman, Nat Friedman, Pete Huitsing, Roger Dickey, Rahul Vohra, Sarah Imbach, Scott Belsky, Todd Goldberg and Wayne Chang.

### How are Mark's tools graded?

Pipecat is graded B, 69.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.pipecat.ai/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwkramer
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kwkramer_mark-backman-and-aleix-conchillo-flaqu%C3%A9-do-activity-7369783084008816641-gP4C
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-backman/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aconchillo/
- https://www.daily.co/
- https://www.daily.co/company/contact/support/

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