# Robert Kim

> Robert Kim is co-founder of Laminar (LMNR AI). Laminar API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Laminar (LMNR AI).

Robert Kim is co-founder and CEO of Laminar, which helps teams find out why AI agents fail, from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. Kim previously interned at Palantir, building a semantic search package used by internal AI teams, and at Bloomberg, scaling a market tick processing pipeline tenfold.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skull8888888/
- X: https://x.com/skull8888888888

## What Robert builds

- [Laminar API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/laminar.md), graded C, 56.8/100, in Agent observability & evals. Open-source tracing, evaluations and an agent debugger built on OpenTelemetry, with browser session recordings synced to traces for browser agents. Co-founder, Laminar (LMNR AI), researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Din Mailibay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/din-mailibay/), Co-founder, Laminar (LMNR AI)

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Atlantic](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/atlantic/)
- [AAL VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aal-vc/)
- [Ben Sigelman (co-creator of OpenTelemetry)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ben-sigelman-co-creator-of-opentelemetry/)
- [Ant Wilson (CTO of Supabase)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ant-wilson-cto-of-supabase/)

## Questions

### Who is Robert Kim?

Robert Kim is co-founder and CEO of Laminar, which helps teams find out why AI agents fail, from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. Kim previously interned at Palantir, building a semantic search package used by internal AI teams, and at Bloomberg, scaling a market tick processing pipeline tenfold.

### What does Laminar (LMNR AI) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Laminar API + MCP from Laminar (LMNR AI). Open-source tracing, evaluations and an agent debugger built on OpenTelemetry, with browser session recordings synced to traces for browser agents.

### Who has invested in Laminar (LMNR AI)?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Atlantic, AAL VC, Ben Sigelman (co-creator of OpenTelemetry) and Ant Wilson (CTO of Supabase).

### How are Robert's tools graded?

Laminar API + MCP is graded C, 56.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/laminar
- https://laminar.sh/

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