# Simon Suo

> Simon Suo is co-founder of LlamaIndex. LlamaParse API + MCP and OpenDocRouter on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, LlamaIndex.

Simon Suo co-founded LlamaIndex with Jerry Liu, a former colleague at Uber. He was a research scientist at Uber ATG and later worked at the autonomous-driving startup Waabi.

- GitHub: https://github.com/Disiok

## What Simon builds

- [LlamaParse API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llamaparse.md), graded C, 59.4/100, in Document parsing & extraction. LlamaIndex's hosted Parse, Extract, Classify, Split and Index APIs on one LlamaCloud key, billed in credits by tier. Co-founder, LlamaIndex, researched 2026-10-28.
- [OpenDocRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opendocrouter.md), graded C, 56.9/100, in Document parsing & extraction. OpenDocRouter is a hosted API from LlamaIndex that sends PDFs and images to a document parsing model the caller picks and returns markdown for each page. It launched on 7 October 2026 and bills prepaid credit by tokens used. Co-founder, LlamaIndex, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Jerry Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerry-liu/), Co-founder, LlamaIndex; creator of the LlamaIndex open-source project

## Backed by

- [Norwest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/norwest/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jack-altman-ceo-of-lattice/)
- [Lenny Rachitsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lenny-rachitsky/)
- [Mathilde Collin, CEO of Front](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mathilde-collin-ceo-of-front/)
- [Raquel Urtasun, CEO of Waabi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/raquel-urtasun-ceo-of-waabi/)
- [Joey Gonzalez](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/joey-gonzalez/)

## Questions

### Who is Simon Suo?

Simon Suo co-founded LlamaIndex with Jerry Liu, a former colleague at Uber. He was a research scientist at Uber ATG and later worked at the autonomous-driving startup Waabi.

### What does LlamaIndex make?

Anchor Terminal lists LlamaParse API + MCP and OpenDocRouter from LlamaIndex. LlamaIndex's hosted Parse, Extract, Classify, Split and Index APIs on one LlamaCloud key, billed in credits by tier.

### Who has invested in LlamaIndex?

The sources our research read name Norwest, Greylock, Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice, Lenny Rachitsky, Mathilde Collin, CEO of Front, Raquel Urtasun, CEO of Waabi and Joey Gonzalez.

### How are Simon's tools graded?

LlamaParse API + MCP is graded C, 59.4 out of 100; OpenDocRouter is graded C, 56.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.llamaindex.ai/
- https://www.llamaindex.ai/about
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LlamaIndex
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index
- https://github.com/Disiok
- https://www.opendocrouter.ai/

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