# Matt Doughty (slim)

> Matt Doughty is co-founder and CEO of Prefactor. Prefactor on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, Prefactor.

Matt Doughty co-founded Prefactor and is its CEO.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdoughty

## What Matt builds

- [Prefactor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prefactor.md), graded B, 66/100, in 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 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Simon Russell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simon-russell/), Co-founder and CTO, Prefactor

## Backed by

- [Antler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/antler/)
- [Black Nova Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/black-nova-venture-capital/)
- [Func Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/func-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Matt Doughty?

Matt Doughty co-founded Prefactor and is its CEO.

### What does Prefactor Pty Ltd make?

Anchor Terminal lists Prefactor from Prefactor Pty Ltd.

### 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.

## Sources

- https://prefactor.tech/about-us
- https://prefactor.tech/contact
- https://prefactor.tech/
- https://docs.prefactor.ai

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