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  "markdown": "Founding team; Chief of Tech.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-yasu-yen/\n\n## What Michael builds\n\n- [asaply](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.md), graded F, 7.9/100, in Personal assistants. asaply is a hosted errand assistant people text over iMessage or SMS to order coffee and lunch for pickup, buy tickets, book rides and make reservations, with payment through Apple Pay. Founding team; Chief of Tech, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Chaira Harder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chaira-harder/), Co-founder and CEO (personal site); Head of Product (company team page)\n- [Saran Bodduluri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/saran-bodduluri/), Founding team; Head of Growth\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Michael Yasu Yen?\n\nMichael Yasu Yen is founding team; Chief of Tech.\n\n### What does Asaply Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists asaply from Asaply Inc.. asaply is a hosted errand assistant people text over iMessage or SMS to order coffee and lunch for pickup, buy tickets, book rides and make reservations, with payment through Apple Pay.\n\n### How are Michael's tools graded?\n\nasaply is graded F, 7.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://asaply.ai/team\n- https://chairaharder.com\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaira-harder/\n- https://x.com/theChairaHarder\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-yasu-yen/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/saranbluri/\n- https://asaply.ai/\n- https://asaply.ai\n- https://asaply.ai/legal\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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