# Yu Pan

> Yu Pan is co-founder of PayPal. PayPal MCP server on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, PayPal.

Yu Pan is an engineer and one of the six people who started PayPal. He was later the first employee at YouTube, where he worked as an early software engineer, and he has also worked at Google and co-founded Kiwi Crate.

## What Yu builds

- [PayPal MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paypal-mcp-server.md), graded C, 56.3/100, in Payment & monetisation platforms. PayPal's official MCP server lets a merchant's AI client work with invoices, orders, refunds, disputes, subscriptions, catalogue products and transaction reports. It runs locally through `npx @paypal/mcp` or as a hosted server at mcp.paypal.com with a PayPal login. Co-founder, PayPal, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Christopher Payne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-payne/), Co-founder, PayPal (via X.com)
- [Ed Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ed-ho/), Co-founder, PayPal (via X.com)
- [Elon Musk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elon-musk-3/), Co-founder, PayPal (via X.com)
- [Enrique Lores](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/enrique-lores/), President and CEO, PayPal
- [Harris Fricker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/harris-fricker/), Co-founder, PayPal (via X.com)
- [Ken Howery](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ken-howery/), Co-founder, PayPal
- [Luke Nosek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/luke-nosek/), Co-founder, PayPal
- [Max Levchin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/max-levchin/), Co-founder, PayPal
- [Peter Thiel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-thiel/), Co-founder, PayPal

## Questions

### Who is Yu Pan?

Yu Pan is an engineer and one of the six people who started PayPal. He was later the first employee at YouTube, where he worked as an early software engineer, and he has also worked at Google and co-founded Kiwi Crate.

### What does PayPal make?

Anchor Terminal lists PayPal MCP server from PayPal. PayPal's official MCP server lets a merchant's AI client work with invoices, orders, refunds, disputes, subscriptions, catalogue products and transaction reports. It runs locally through npx @paypal/mcp or as a hosted server at mcp.paypal.com with a PayPal login.

### How are Yu's tools graded?

PayPal MCP server is graded C, 56.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paypal/paypal-mcp-server/main/README.md
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Levchin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Nosek
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howery
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Pan

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