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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO; product designer.\n\nPelin Kenez is co-founder and CEO of Zeplin, a design delivery platform where product teams publish finished designs for developers. Zeplin started in Istanbul in June 2014, went through Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch and reported 5 million users in September 2022.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pelinkenez\n- X: https://x.com/pelinkenez\n\n## What Pelin builds\n\n- [Zeplin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeplin.md), graded D, 47.6/100, in Design workspaces \u0026 canvases. Design handoff platform from Zeplin, Inc. where teams publish finished screens, components and design tokens. Its REST API and webhooks read and partly edit that data, and an official local MCP server gives coding agents screen and component specifications. Co-founder and CEO; product designer, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Berk Çebi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/berk-cebi/), Co-founder\n- [Ismail Ceylan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ismail-ceylan/), Co-founder; software developer / COO\n- [Merih Akar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/merih-akar/), Co-founder; developer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)\n- [Mike Maples](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-maples/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Pelin Kenez?\n\nPelin Kenez is co-founder and CEO of Zeplin, a design delivery platform where product teams publish finished designs for developers. Zeplin started in Istanbul in June 2014, went through Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch and reported 5 million users in September 2022.\n\n### What does Zeplin, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Zeplin from Zeplin, Inc.. Design handoff platform from Zeplin, Inc. where teams publish finished screens, components and design tokens. Its REST API and webhooks read and partly edit that data, and an official local MCP server gives coding agents screen and component specifications.\n\n### Who has invested in Zeplin, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Elad Gil and Mike Maples.\n\n### How are Pelin's tools graded?\n\nZeplin is graded D, 47.6 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/zeplin\n- https://x.com/pelinkenez\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/64644-ismail-ceylan\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceylanismail/\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/64665-merih-akar\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/merihakar/\n- https://x.com/merihakar\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/founders/15544-berk-%C3%A7ebi\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkcebi/\n- https://zeplin.io/\n- https://zeplin.io\n- https://zeplin.io/enterprise/contact-sales/\n- https://support.zeplin.io/en/articles/11559086-zeplin-mcp-server\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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