# Mike Knoop

> Mike Knoop is co-founder. Zapier MCP (agent actions) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-knoop/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-knoop/index.md (~750 tokens)
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- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-knoop/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-10-29

Co-founder.

Mike 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.

## What Mike builds

- [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.

## Works with

- [Bryan Helmig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bryan-helmig/), Co-founder and CTO
- [Wade Foster](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wade-foster/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)

## Questions

### Who is Mike Knoop?

Mike 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.

### What does Zapier make?

Anchor 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.

### Who has invested in Zapier?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners.

### How are Mike's tools graded?

Zapier MCP (agent actions) is graded C, 58.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zapier
- https://zapier.com/

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