# Michael Blend (slim)

> Michael Blend is co-founder and CEO of System1. MapQuest on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, System1.

## What Michael builds

- [MapQuest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.md), graded F, 35.5/100, in Maps, geocoding & places. MapQuest's location APIs cover geocoding, directions, route matrices, place search, traffic and static maps. Agents call the REST API with a key or connect to a hosted MCP server over OAuth. Co-founder and CEO, System1, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Albert Martin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-martin/), Director of Engineering, System1 / MapQuest
- [Chuck Ursini](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chuck-ursini/), Co-founder and COO, System1

## Questions

### Who is Michael Blend?

Michael Blend is co-founder and CEO of System1.

### What does MapQuest Holdings LLC (System1 company) make?

Anchor Terminal lists MapQuest from MapQuest Holdings LLC (System1 company).

### How are Michael's tools graded?

MapQuest is graded F, 35.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.mongodb.com/solutions/customer-case-studies/system1-mapquest
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertcmartin
- https://developer.mapquest.com/
- https://developer.mapquest.com/contact-us/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapQuest

These 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.