# Simen Svale Skogsrud

> Simen Svale Skogsrud is co-founder and CTO. Sanity on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CTO.

Simen Svale Skogsrud is co-founder and CTO of Sanity, responsible for its technical roadmap, real-time backend and query language. He was previously a principal at the digital consultancy Bengler. At Everything NYC 2026 he described agents' context limits as an organisation problem, since agents lose their structure when they run out of context space.

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

## What Simen builds

- [Sanity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sanity.md), graded BB, 73.7/100, in CMS & website publishing. Sanity is a hosted headless CMS. Content is stored as JSON documents in the Content Lake, queried with GROQ and edited in the open-source Sanity Studio. Agents reach it through the HTTP API or the hosted MCP server at mcp.sanity.io. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Even Westvang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/even-westvang/), Co-founder; product work
- [Magnus Hillestad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/magnus-hillestad/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Heavybit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/heavybit/)
- [Alliance Venture](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alliance-venture/)
- [Jon Dahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jon-dahl/)
- [Ohad Eder-Pressman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ohad-eder-pressman/)
- [Ev Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ev-williams/)
- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)
- [Lead Edge Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lead-edge-capital/)
- [Threshold Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/threshold-ventures/)
- [Monochrome Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/monochrome-capital/)
- [Shopify](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/shopify/)
- [GP Bullhound](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gp-bullhound/)
- [Blue Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blue-cloud-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Simen Svale Skogsrud?

Simen Svale Skogsrud is co-founder and CTO of Sanity, responsible for its technical roadmap, real-time backend and query language. He was previously a principal at the digital consultancy Bengler. At Everything NYC 2026 he described agents' context limits as an organisation problem, since agents lose their structure when they run out of context space.

### What does Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS make?

Anchor Terminal lists Sanity from Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS. Sanity is a hosted headless CMS. Content is stored as JSON documents in the Content Lake, queried with GROQ and edited in the open-source Sanity Studio. Agents reach it through the HTTP API or the hosted MCP server at mcp.sanity.io.

### Who has invested in Sanity US Inc. and Sanity AS?

The sources our research read name Heavybit, Alliance Venture, Jon Dahl, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Ev Williams, ICONIQ, Lead Edge Capital, Threshold Ventures, Monochrome Capital, Shopify, GP Bullhound and Blue Cloud Ventures.

### How are Simen's tools graded?

Sanity is graded BB, 73.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.sanity.io/everything-2026-keynote
- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=Magnus%20Hillestad
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/simenss/
- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=Even%20Westvang
- https://www.sanity.io/
- https://www.sanity.io/contact

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