# Taylor Wakefield (slim)

> Taylor Wakefield is co-founder of Mailgun. Mailgun API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Mailgun.

Taylor Wakefield co-founded Mailgun, which went through Y Combinator in 2011. After Rackspace acquired it in 2012 he spent three years at Rackspace as a director in product, and he also co-founded Teleport, formerly Gravitational.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorwakefield/
- X: https://x.com/ktwakefield

## What Taylor builds

- [Mailgun API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.md), graded B, 66.4/100, in Email delivery APIs. Email sending API with inbound routes, a Forwards API, templates, mailing lists, suppressions and address validation, in US and EU regions. Co-founder, Mailgun, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Ev Kontsevoy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ev-kontsevoy/), Co-founder and former CEO, Mailgun

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Turn/River Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/turn-river-capital/)
- [Scaleworks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scaleworks/)
- [Rackspace](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rackspace/)
- [Thoma Bravo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thoma-bravo/)

## Questions

### Who is Taylor Wakefield?

Taylor Wakefield co-founded Mailgun, which went through Y Combinator in 2011. After Rackspace acquired it in 2012 he spent three years at Rackspace as a director in product, and he also co-founded Teleport, formerly Gravitational.

### What does Mailgun (Sinch) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Mailgun API + MCP from Mailgun (Sinch).

### Who has invested in Mailgun (Sinch)?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Turn/River Capital, Scaleworks, Rackspace and Thoma Bravo.

### How are Taylor's tools graded?

Mailgun API + MCP is graded B, 66.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.mailgun.com/
- https://www.mailgun.com/about/
- https://www.mailgun.com/contact/support/
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mailgun
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailgun

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.