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  "markdown": "Chief Executive Officer.\n\nMatt Curl became chief executive of Apollo in February 2026, succeeding co-founder Tim Zheng, who stayed on as chairman. He began advising Apollo in 2019 before joining full time as chief operating officer, and ran its operations in the year before his appointment.\n\n## What Matt builds\n\n- [Apollo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo.md), graded B, 63.4/100, in Lead \u0026 company data. People and company search over Apollo's database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, person and company enrichment with email and mobile reveal, and the Apollo CRM and sequence objects. Chief Executive Officer, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ray Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ray-li/), Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer\n- [Tim Zheng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-zheng/), Co-founder and Chairman\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nexus-venture-partners/)\n- [Tribe Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tribe-capital/)\n- [NewView Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/newview-capital/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Matt Curl?\n\nMatt Curl became chief executive of Apollo in February 2026, succeeding co-founder Tim Zheng, who stayed on as chairman. He began advising Apollo in 2019 before joining full time as chief operating officer, and ran its operations in the year before his appointment.\n\n### What does Apollo.io make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Apollo API + MCP from Apollo.io. People and company search over Apollo's database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, person and company enrichment with email and mobile reveal, and the Apollo CRM and sequence objects.\n\n### Who has invested in Apollo.io?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Tribe Capital, NewView Capital, Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.\n\n### How are Matt's tools graded?\n\nApollo API + MCP is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/apollo-io\n- https://www.apollo.io/\n- https://www.apollo.io/our-story\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. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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