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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Resend.\n\nZeno Rocha is founder and CEO of Resend, an email API for developers from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. He was previously VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and chief product officer at Liferay Cloud.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenorocha/\n- X: https://x.com/zenorocha\n\n## What Zeno builds\n\n- [Resend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/resend.md), graded BB, 77.1/100, in Email delivery APIs. Transactional and marketing email API with inbound receiving, templates, broadcasts and automations. Co-founder, Resend, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Bu Kinoshita](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bu-kinoshita/), Co-founder, Resend\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)\n- [Basecase Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/basecase-capital/)\n- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)\n- [Lachy Groom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lachy-groom/)\n- [Dylan Field](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dylan-field/)\n- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch/)\n- [Paul Copplestone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paul-copplestone/)\n- [Calvin French-Owen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/calvin-french-owen/)\n- [Ali Rowghani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ali-rowghani/)\n- [Eric Muntz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-muntz/)\n- [Michael Grinich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-grinich/)\n- [Ahmad Awais](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ahmad-awais/)\n- [Britton Winterrose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/britton-winterrose/)\n- [Briza Rocha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/briza-rocha/)\n- [Cassidy Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cassidy-williams/)\n- [Christopher Golda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/christopher-golda/)\n- [Darian Shirazi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/darian-shirazi/)\n- [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cramer/)\n- [David Mytton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-mytton/)\n- [Jack McCloy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jack-mccloy/)\n- [James Hawkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/james-hawkins/)\n- [Jean-Denis Greze](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jean-denis-greze/)\n- [Jeff Henriod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-henriod/)\n- [Kenneth Auchenberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kenneth-auchenberg/)\n- [Lee Robinson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lee-robinson/)\n- [Shawn Wang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/shawn-wang/)\n- [Sidharth Kakkar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sidharth-kakkar/)\n- [Theo Browne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/theo-browne/)\n- [Thomas Paul Mann](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-paul-mann/)\n- [Tido Carriero](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tido-carriero/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Zeno Rocha?\n\nZeno Rocha is founder and CEO of Resend, an email API for developers from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. He was previously VP of Developer Experience at WorkOS and chief product officer at Liferay Cloud.\n\n### What does Resend make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Resend API + MCP from Resend. Transactional and marketing email API with inbound receiving, templates, broadcasts and automations.\n\n### Who has invested in Resend?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Basecase Capital, Elad Gil, Lachy Groom, Dylan Field, Guillermo Rauch, Paul Copplestone, Calvin French-Owen, Ali Rowghani, Eric Muntz, Michael Grinich, Ahmad Awais, Britton Winterrose, Briza Rocha, Cassidy Williams, Christopher Golda, Darian Shirazi, David Cramer, David Mytton, Jack McCloy, James Hawkins, Jean-Denis Greze, Jeff Henriod, Kenneth Auchenberg, Lee Robinson, Shawn Wang, Sidharth Kakkar, Theo Browne, Thomas Paul Mann and Tido Carriero.\n\n### How are Zeno's tools graded?\n\nResend API + MCP is graded BB, 77.1 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/resend\n- https://resend.com/\n- https://resend.com/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. 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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