Founder of a listed tool

Tom Krcha

Founder and CEO, named behind the pen.dev listing on Anchor Terminal.

Founder and CEO

Tom Krcha is founder and CEO of Pen.dev, which builds Pencil, an agent-driven design canvas that works inside code editors such as Cursor and Claude Code. He previously worked on Around, a video calling app acquired by Miro, and co-founded Alter, an avatar company acquired by Google.

What Tom builds

  • pen.dev D · Design workspaces & canvases

    Design canvas from High Agency, Inc. that stores designs as JSON .pen files. Agents edit them through a local MCP server in the desktop app or IDE extension, or through a headless CLI. It was called Pencil until 2026.

    Founder and CEO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Tom Krcha?

Tom Krcha is founder and CEO of Pen.dev, which builds Pencil, an agent-driven design canvas that works inside code editors such as Cursor and Claude Code. He previously worked on Around, a video calling app acquired by Miro, and co-founded Alter, an avatar company acquired by Google.

What does High Agency, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists pen.dev from High Agency, Inc.. Design canvas from High Agency, Inc. that stores designs as JSON .pen files. Agents edit them through a local MCP server in the desktop app or IDE extension, or through a headless CLI. It was called Pencil until 2026.

How are Tom's tools graded?

pen.dev is graded D, 47.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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