Founder of a listed tool
Matt Doughty
Co-founder and CEO, Prefactor, named behind the Prefactor listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Matt builds
Prefactor B · Agent observability & evals
Prefactor is a hosted service that records AI agent runs as spans, classifies each run's data risk and stores quality evaluations. Agents and scripts reach it through an HTTP and WebSocket API, TypeScript and Python SDKs and a CLI.
Co-founder and CEO, Prefactor, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Simon Russell Co-founder and CTO, Prefactor
Backed by
Antler Black Nova Venture Capital Func Ventures
Questions
Who is Matt Doughty?
Matt Doughty co-founded Prefactor and is its CEO. He is building its observability and evaluation layer for AI agents in production, with a focus on closing the gap between what security teams need and what engineering teams ship.
What does Prefactor Pty Ltd make?
Anchor Terminal lists Prefactor from Prefactor Pty Ltd. Prefactor is a hosted service that records AI agent runs as spans, classifies each run's data risk and stores quality evaluations. Agents and scripts reach it through an HTTP and WebSocket API, TypeScript and Python SDKs and a CLI.
Who has invested in Prefactor Pty Ltd?
The sources our research read name Antler, Black Nova Venture Capital and Func Ventures.
How are Matt's tools graded?
Prefactor is graded B, 66 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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