# Tobias Lütke

> Tobias Lütke is co-founder and CEO of Shopify and co-founder and CEO. Shop MCP and Shopify API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder and CEO, Shopify. Co-founder and CEO.

Tobias Lütke co-founded Shopify in 2004 and has been its chief executive since April 2008, after serving as its CTO. Shopify grew out of Snowdevil, an online snowboard shop for which he built an e-commerce platform in Ruby on Rails. He worked on the Rails core team and created open-source libraries such as Active Merchant.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaslutke/
- X: https://x.com/tobi

## What Tobias builds

- [Shop MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shop-mcp.md), graded B, 66.2/100, in Shopping, returns & refunds. Shop MCP is Shopify's hosted MCP server for shopper-side agents. It searches Shopify's Global Catalog, builds carts and checkouts at the selling store, and with the shopper's Shop sign-in pays with Shop Pay and reads their orders. Co-founder and CEO, Shopify, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.md), graded BB, 77/100, in Commerce & checkout. Hosted commerce platform for online stores. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Daniel Weinand](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/daniel-weinand/), Co-founder, Shopify
- [Scott Lake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-lake/), Co-founder, Shopify

## Questions

### Who is Tobias Lütke?

Tobias Lütke co-founded Shopify in 2004 and has been its chief executive since April 2008, after serving as its CTO. Shopify grew out of Snowdevil, an online snowboard shop for which he built an e-commerce platform in Ruby on Rails. He worked on the Rails core team and created open-source libraries such as Active Merchant.

### What does Shopify make?

Anchor Terminal lists Shop MCP and Shopify API + MCP from Shopify. Shop MCP is Shopify's hosted MCP server for shopper-side agents. It searches Shopify's Global Catalog, builds carts and checkouts at the selling store, and with the shopper's Shop sign-in pays with Shop Pay and reads their orders.

### How are Tobias's tools graded?

Shop MCP is graded B, 66.2 out of 100; Shopify API + MCP is graded BB, 77 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://shop.dev/
- https://shop.dev/docs
- https://www.shopify.com/investors/board-of-directors
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopify
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shopify/shop/main/README.md
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaslutke/
- https://x.com/tobi
- https://www.shopify.com/

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