# Tom Krcha

> Tom Krcha is founder and CEO. pen.dev on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

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.

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

## What Tom builds

- [pen.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev.md), graded D, 47.8/100, in 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 2026-10-27.

## Backed by

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)

## Questions

### 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.

### Who has invested in High Agency, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Andreessen Horowitz.

### 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.

## Sources

- https://speedrun.a16z.com/companies/pendev
- https://pen.dev
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkrcha
- https://x.com/tomkrcha
- https://www.pen.dev/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/pendev
- https://docs.pen.dev/troubleshooting
- https://www.pen.dev/terms-of-use

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