# Robert Brennan

> Robert Brennan is co-founder and CEO. OpenHands on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO.

Robert Brennan is co-founder and CEO of All Hands AI, which builds OpenHands, an open-source platform for AI coding agents. He founded the company in 2024 with Xingyao Wang and Graham Neubig. He was previously a senior software engineer at Google and VP of product development at Fairwinds.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-a-brennan/

## What Robert builds

- [OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.md), graded BB, 71/100, in Agent harnesses. Open-source coding agent with a self-hosted web interface, local and remote execution, and scheduled or webhook-driven automation. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Graham Neubig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/graham-neubig/), Chief Scientist; original project developer
- [Xingyao Wang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/xingyao-wang/), Co-founder and Chief AI Officer

## Backed by

- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)
- [Pillar VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pillar-vc/)
- [Betaworks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/betaworks/)
- [Rebellion](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rebellion/)
- [Thom Wolf, Hugging Face Co-Founder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thom-wolf-hugging-face-co-founder/)
- [Jeff Hammerbacher, Cloudera Co-Founder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-hammerbacher-cloudera-co-founder/)
- [Soumith Chintala, PyTorch creator and Meta VP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/soumith-chintala-pytorch-creator-and-meta-vp/)
- [Madrona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/madrona/)
- [Obvious Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/obvious-ventures/)
- [Fujitsu Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fujitsu-ventures/)
- [Alumni Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alumni-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Robert Brennan?

Robert Brennan is co-founder and CEO of All Hands AI, which builds OpenHands, an open-source platform for AI coding agents. He founded the company in 2024 with Xingyao Wang and Graham Neubig. He was previously a senior software engineer at Google and VP of product development at Fairwinds.

### What does All Hands AI make?

Anchor Terminal lists OpenHands from All Hands AI. Open-source coding agent with a self-hosted web interface, local and remote execution, and scheduled or webhook-driven automation.

### Who has invested in All Hands AI?

The sources our research read name Menlo Ventures, Pillar VC, Betaworks, Rebellion, Thom Wolf, Hugging Face Co-Founder, Jeff Hammerbacher, Cloudera Co-Founder, Soumith Chintala, PyTorch creator and Meta VP, Madrona, Obvious Ventures, Fujitsu Ventures and Alumni Ventures.

### How are Robert's tools graded?

OpenHands is graded BB, 71 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://openhands.dev/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-a-brennan/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/xingyao-wang/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-neubig-10b41616b/
- https://www.openhands.dev/
- https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/cloud/openhands-cloud
- https://www.openhands.dev/contact
- https://openhands.dev/community

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