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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO, VOYGR.\n\nVlad Baskakov is co-founder and CEO of VOYGR. At Google Maps he led product strategy and go-to-market work, bootstrapping new API products and shaping data sharing between Maps and Gemini. He has more than 15 years in growth and general management across mapping, ridesharing and travel, and previously worked at McKinsey.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladbaskakov\n\n## What Vlad builds\n\n- [PlaceCall](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placecall.md), graded C, 60.4/100, in Conversational voice agents. PlaceCall, from VOYGR, is an API and remote MCP server for outbound calls to US businesses. An AI voice agent carries out a plain-language task, such as a booking or quote, and returns the outcome and transcript. Co-founder and CEO, VOYGR, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Yarik Markov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yarik-markov/), Founder and CTO, VOYGR\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Vlad Baskakov?\n\nVlad Baskakov is co-founder and CEO of VOYGR. At Google Maps he led product strategy and go-to-market work, bootstrapping new API products and shaping data sharing between Maps and Gemini. He has more than 15 years in growth and general management across mapping, ridesharing and travel, and previously worked at McKinsey.\n\n### What does VOYGR make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists PlaceCall from VOYGR. PlaceCall, from VOYGR, is an API and remote MCP server for outbound calls to US businesses. An AI voice agent carries out a plain-language task, such as a booking or quote, and returns the outcome and transcript.\n\n### Who has invested in VOYGR?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator.\n\n### How are Vlad's tools graded?\n\nPlaceCall is graded C, 60.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voygr\n- https://voygr.tech/\n- https://voygr.tech/placecall/\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voygr-tech/placecall/main/README.md\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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