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  "markdown": "Co-founder of Menlo Research.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/nicolezhu\n- X: https://x.com/freelerobot\n\n## What Nicole builds\n\n- [Jan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.md), graded D, 51.4/100, in Local AI. Open-source desktop app for running models locally or connecting to cloud models with the user's API keys. Co-founder of Menlo Research, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Alan Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alan-dao/), Jan contributor and Jan model-family creator\n- [Daniel Ong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/daniel-ong/), Co-founder of Menlo Research; Jan builder\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Nicole Zhu?\n\nNicole Zhu is co-founder of Menlo Research.\n\n### What does Menlo Research make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Jan from Menlo Research. Open-source desktop app for running models locally or connecting to cloud models with the user's API keys.\n\n### How are Nicole's tools graded?\n\nJan is graded D, 51.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://jan.ai\n- https://sg.linkedin.com/in/danielong\n- https://x.com/dan_menlo\n- https://menlo.ai/company\n- https://sg.linkedin.com/in/nicolezhu\n- https://x.com/freelerobot\n- https://alandao.net/about\n- https://github.com/janhq/jan\n- https://x.com/alandao_ai\n- https://www.jan.ai/\n- https://menlo.ai\n- https://x.com/jandotai\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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