# Sam Partee

> Sam Partee is co-founder and CTO. Arcade.dev on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CTO.

Sam Partee is co-founder and CTO of Arcade, a runtime that connects AI agents to tools with authorisation and governance. He was previously principal AI engineer at Redis, where he led the team behind its vector database product, and he contributes to open-source AI projects including LangChain and LlamaIndex.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampartee

## What Sam builds

- [Arcade.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcade.md), graded B, 66.9/100, in Agent auth & delegated access. MCP runtime built around per-user authorisation. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Alex Salazar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alex-salazar/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Laude Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/laude-ventures/)
- [Flybridge Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/flybridge-ventures/)
- [Hanabi Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hanabi-capital/)
- [Neotribe Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neotribe-ventures/)
- [Andy Rachleff](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andy-rachleff/)
- [SYN Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/syn-ventures/)
- [Morgan Stanley](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/morgan-stanley/)
- [Wipro Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wipro-ventures/)
- [Cisco Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cisco-investments/)

## Questions

### Who is Sam Partee?

Sam Partee is co-founder and CTO of Arcade, a runtime that connects AI agents to tools with authorisation and governance. He was previously principal AI engineer at Redis, where he led the team behind its vector database product, and he contributes to open-source AI projects including LangChain and LlamaIndex.

### What does Arcade.dev make?

Anchor Terminal lists Arcade.dev from Arcade.dev. MCP runtime built around per-user authorisation.

### Who has invested in Arcade.dev?

The sources our research read name Laude Ventures, Flybridge Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Andy Rachleff, SYN Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Wipro Ventures and Cisco Investments.

### How are Sam's tools graded?

Arcade.dev is graded B, 66.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.arcade.dev/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalazar/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalazar
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampartee/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampartee
- https://www.arcade.dev/
- https://www.arcade.dev
- https://www.arcade.dev/about/

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