Founder of a listed tool
Shan Krishnasamy
Historical co-founder and CTO, named behind the Freshdesk API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Shan builds
Freshdesk API + MCP D · Customer support & helpdesk
REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk.
Historical co-founder and CTO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Girish Mathrubootham Historical Freshdesk/Freshworks co-founder and CEO
- Minakshi Khuntia Senior Director of Product Management; Insights and Conversational AI
- Ryan Manning Chief Product and Technology Officer
- Sanjay Sharma Senior Product Manager, AI Copilot
Questions
Who is Shan Krishnasamy?
Shan Krishnasamy co-founded Freshdesk, later Freshworks, with Girish Mathrubootham in 2010 and was its CTO. The two had worked together at Zoho and launched Freshdesk on 13 October 2010 from a rented meeting room in Chennai.
What does Freshworks make?
Anchor Terminal lists Freshdesk API + MCP from Freshworks. REST API (v2) for Freshdesk, the Freshworks helpdesk.
How are Shan's tools graded?
Freshdesk API + MCP is graded D, 48.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (10)
- https://www.freshworks.com/theworks/company-news/freshworks-golden-birthday-13/
- https://www.freshworks.com/company/leadership/
- https://x.com/mrgirish
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/khuntiaminakshi
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-sharma-sb
- https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/
- https://support.freshworks.com/support/home
- https://www.freshworks.com/company/about/
- https://support.freshdesk.com/support/home
- https://www.freshworks.com/support/
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