# Steve Ruiz (slim)

> Steve Ruiz is founder and CEO of tldraw. tldraw SDK + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and CEO, tldraw.

Steve Ruiz founded tldraw in London in 2022 and is its CEO.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-ruiz-61a150239/
- X: https://x.com/steveruizok
- GitHub: https://github.com/steveruizok

## What Steve builds

- [tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldraw.md), graded C, 61/100, in Diagramming. A React infinite-canvas SDK that an agent can drive through the editor API, creating, reading and changing shapes, turning Mermaid into shapes and exporting images. Founder and CEO, tldraw, researched 2026-10-28.

## Backed by

- [Lux Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lux-capital/)
- [Amplify Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amplify-partners/)
- [Preston-Werner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preston-werner-ventures/)
- [NP-Hard Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/np-hard-ventures/)
- [Definition Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/definition-capital/)
- [Sabrina Hahn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sabrina-hahn/)
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch/)
- [Liu Jiang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/liu-jiang/)
- [Soleio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/soleio/)
- [Badrul Farooqi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/badrul-farooqi/)
- [Michael Stoppelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-stoppelman/)
- [Tom Preston-Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tom-preston-werner/)
- [Adam Wiggins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adam-wiggins/)
- [Brian Lovin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/brian-lovin/)
- [David Khourshid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-khourshid/)
- [Cristóbal Valenzuela](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cristobal-valenzuela/)
- [Johannes Schickling](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/johannes-schickling/)
- [Brian Shultz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/brian-shultz/)
- [Shin Kim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/shin-kim/)
- [Jeff Weinstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-weinstein/)
- [Chase Davis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/chase-davis/)

## Questions

### Who is Steve Ruiz?

Steve Ruiz founded tldraw in London in 2022 and is its CEO.

### What does tldraw make?

Anchor Terminal lists tldraw SDK + MCP from tldraw.

### Who has invested in tldraw?

The sources our research read name Lux Capital, Amplify Partners, Preston-Werner Ventures, NP-Hard Ventures, Definition Capital, Sabrina Hahn, Guillermo Rauch, Liu Jiang, Soleio, Badrul Farooqi, Michael Stoppelman, Tom Preston-Werner, Adam Wiggins, Brian Lovin, David Khourshid, Cristóbal Valenzuela, Johannes Schickling, Brian Shultz, Shin Kim, Jeff Weinstein and Chase Davis.

### How are Steve's tools graded?

tldraw SDK + MCP is graded C, 61 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://tldraw.dev/
- https://tldraw.dev/company
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/announcing-tldraws-seed-round

These 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.