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  "markdown": "CEO.\n\n- X: https://x.com/samlambert\n\n## What Sam builds\n\n- [PlanetScale MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/planetscale-mcp.md), graded B, 66.6/100, in Databases \u0026 files. PlanetScale's hosted MCP server connects agents to PlanetScale Postgres, Vitess and Neki databases. Its 25 tools cover organisations, branches, schema, read and write SQL, Insights data, Postgres logs, invoices and documentation search, with OAuth or a service token. CEO, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Jiten Vaidya](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jiten-vaidya/), Co-founder\n- [Mike Coutermarsh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-coutermarsh/), Author of the PlanetScale MCP server launch post\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)\n- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [SignalFire](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/signalfire/)\n- [Tom Preston-Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tom-preston-werner/)\n- [Jack Altman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jack-altman/)\n- [Max Mullen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/max-mullen/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Sam Lambert?\n\nSam Lambert is CEO.\n\n### What does PlanetScale make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists PlanetScale MCP Server from PlanetScale. PlanetScale's hosted MCP server connects agents to PlanetScale Postgres, Vitess and Neki databases. Its 25 tools cover organisations, branches, schema, read and write SQL, Insights data, Postgres logs, invoices and documentation search, with OAuth or a service token.\n\n### Who has invested in PlanetScale?\n\nThe sources our research read name Kleiner Perkins, Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, SignalFire, Tom Preston-Werner, Jack Altman and Max Mullen.\n\n### How are Sam's tools graded?\n\nPlanetScale MCP Server is graded B, 66.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-planetscale-mcp-server\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/coutermarsh/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/coutermarsh\n- https://planetscale.com/\n- https://planetscale.com\n- https://planetscale.com/about\n- https://support.planetscale.com/hc/en-us/articles/8098742206999-Working-with-the-PlanetScale-Support-team\n- https://planetscale.com/docs/support/\n- https://planetscale.com/blog/new-ceo-of-planetscale\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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