# Tom Proulx

> Tom Proulx is co-founder of Intuit. QuickBooks Online API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder, Intuit.

Tom 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.

## What Tom builds

- [QuickBooks Online API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.md), graded D, 49.3/100, in Accounting & invoicing. Intuit's REST API for accessing QuickBooks Online accounting data. Co-founder, Intuit, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Meet Mehta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/meet-mehta/), Senior Staff Software Engineer; Intuit Developer AI Plugin/MCP launch contributor
- [Scott Cook](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-cook/), Co-founder, Intuit

## Questions

### Who is Tom Proulx?

Tom 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.

### What does Intuit make?

Anchor Terminal lists QuickBooks Online API + MCP from Intuit. Intuit's REST API for accessing QuickBooks Online accounting data.

### How are Tom's tools graded?

QuickBooks Online API + MCP is graded D, 49.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://developer.intuit.com
- https://medium.com/intuitdev/build-with-intuit-developer-ai-plugin-64a14c40d12f
- https://www.google.com/search?q=Meet+Mehta+Intuit+LinkedIn
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetmehta
- https://www.intuit.com/company/origins/
- https://www.google.com/search?q=Intuit+official+LinkedIn+X
- https://x.com/Intuit
- https://help.developer.intuit.com/

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