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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\nMike Knoop co-founded Zapier in 2011 with Wade Foster and Bryan Helmig, joining their integration project later that year. He went full time on Zapier in May 2012, the month it opened its public beta, and moved with his co-founders to Silicon Valley for Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch.\n\n## What Mike builds\n\n- [Zapier MCP (agent actions)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapier-mcp.md), graded C, 58.2/100, in Agent tool access. Hosted MCP server that lets agents discover and run actions across apps connected to the user's Zapier account. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-29.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Bryan Helmig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bryan-helmig/), Co-founder and CTO\n- [Wade Foster](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wade-foster/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Mike Knoop?\n\nMike Knoop co-founded Zapier in 2011 with Wade Foster and Bryan Helmig, joining their integration project later that year. He went full time on Zapier in May 2012, the month it opened its public beta, and moved with his co-founders to Silicon Valley for Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch.\n\n### What does Zapier make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Zapier MCP (agent actions) from Zapier. Hosted MCP server that lets agents discover and run actions across apps connected to the user's Zapier account.\n\n### Who has invested in Zapier?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners.\n\n### How are Mike's tools graded?\n\nZapier MCP (agent actions) is graded C, 58.2 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/zapier\n- https://zapier.com/\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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