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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Intuit.\n\nTom Proulx co-founded Intuit with Scott Cook in 1983 and was its first programmer, writing the first version of Quicken. He is known for early usability testing of software in the 1980s and was later involved with Netpulse.\n\n## What Tom builds\n\n- [QuickBooks Online API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.md), graded D, 49.3/100, in Accounting \u0026 invoicing. Intuit's REST API for accessing QuickBooks Online accounting data. Co-founder, Intuit, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Meet Mehta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/meet-mehta/), Senior Staff Software Engineer; Intuit Developer AI Plugin/MCP launch contributor\n- [Scott Cook](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-cook/), Co-founder, Intuit\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Tom Proulx?\n\nTom Proulx co-founded Intuit with Scott Cook in 1983 and was its first programmer, writing the first version of Quicken. He is known for early usability testing of software in the 1980s and was later involved with Netpulse.\n\n### What does Intuit make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists QuickBooks Online API + MCP from Intuit. Intuit's REST API for accessing QuickBooks Online accounting data.\n\n### How are Tom's tools graded?\n\nQuickBooks Online API + MCP is graded D, 49.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://developer.intuit.com\n- https://medium.com/intuitdev/build-with-intuit-developer-ai-plugin-64a14c40d12f\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Meet+Mehta+Intuit+LinkedIn\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetmehta\n- https://www.intuit.com/company/origins/\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Intuit+official+LinkedIn+X\n- https://x.com/Intuit\n- https://help.developer.intuit.com/\n\nThese 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. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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