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  "markdown": "CTO, Nylas.\n\nTroy Allen is chief technology officer at Nylas. After more than a decade in the US Marines, he has spent over 25 years leading the development of SaaS platforms and enterprise web applications, including systems that sync and normalise large volumes of data and serve it through an API, for companies such as Checkr.\n\n## What Troy builds\n\n- [Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-calendar.md), graded BB, 71.1/100, in Calendars \u0026 scheduling. Unified calendar API over Google, Microsoft 365 and Outlook, Exchange (EWS) and iCloud. CTO, Nylas, researched 2026-10-28.\n- [Nylas Email API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-email.md), graded A, 79.1/100, in Mailbox access. Unified email API from Nylas for reading, searching, drafting and sending mail in a person's existing Gmail, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud or IMAP mailbox, with webhooks for new mail. A hosted MCP server exposes the same data. CTO, Nylas, researched 2026-10-28.\n- [Nylas Notetaker API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.md), graded BB, 71.8/100, in Meeting capture \u0026 meeting infrastructure. Nylas Notetaker is a meeting bot API that joins Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls, then returns a recording, a speaker-labelled transcript, a summary and action items. It works from a meeting link or a connected calendar. CTO, Nylas, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Caleb Geene](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/caleb-geene/), Director, Platform Engineering\n- [Christine Spang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christine-spang/), Co-founder and board member, Nylas, interim CEO until September 2025\n- [Gleb Polyakov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gleb-polyakov/), Co-founder and former CEO, Nylas\n- [Jeff Koets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeff-koets/), CEO, Nylas\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [8VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/)\n- [Round13 Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/round13-capital/)\n- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)\n- [Slack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/slack/)\n- [ScaleUP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scaleup/)\n- [Industry Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/industry-ventures/)\n- [Great Oaks Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/great-oaks-capital/)\n- [Rubicon Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rubicon-venture-capital/)\n- [John Chambers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/john-chambers/)\n- [Citi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citi/)\n- [Scale Asia Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scale-asia-ventures/)\n- [Blue Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blue-cloud-ventures/)\n- [Blue Owl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blue-owl/)\n- [Patrick Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/patrick-collison/)\n- [John Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/john-collison/)\n- [Sebastian Siemiatkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sebastian-siemiatkowski/)\n- [Tony Fadell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tony-fadell/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Troy Allen?\n\nTroy Allen is chief technology officer at Nylas. After more than a decade in the US Marines, he has spent over 25 years leading the development of SaaS platforms and enterprise web applications, including systems that sync and normalise large volumes of data and serve it through an API, for companies such as Checkr.\n\n### What does Nylas, Nylas, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API, Nylas Email API and Nylas Notetaker API from Nylas, Nylas, Inc.. Unified calendar API over Google, Microsoft 365 and Outlook, Exchange (EWS) and iCloud.\n\n### Who has invested in Nylas, Nylas, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Tiger Global, 8VC, Round13 Capital, Spark Capital, Slack, ScaleUP, Industry Ventures, Great Oaks Capital, Rubicon Venture Capital, John Chambers, Citi, Scale Asia Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Blue Owl, Patrick Collison, John Collison, Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Tony Fadell.\n\n### How are Troy's tools graded?\n\nNylas Calendar and Scheduler API is graded BB, 71.1 out of 100; Nylas Email API is graded A, 79.1 out of 100; Nylas Notetaker API is graded BB, 71.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinespang/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-geene-7638ab146/\n- https://www.nylas.com/company/about/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinespang\n- https://www.nylas.com/\n- https://support.nylas.com/hc/en-us/articles/20740831943581-API-v2-API-v3-Migration-FAQ\n- https://developer.nylas.com/docs/support/\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. 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