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Pencil

Pencil (the product)
1 Mention32 Facts37 Sources16 verified24 open roles

Key facts

CEO
Tom Krcha, CEO
Built
adevals.ai
Scribble
Pencil
Launched
full version launched a few weeks ago
Capabilities
described by Krcha as a visual planning mode for exploring and comparing designs before building
Cursor, opens .pen files in a visual editor and lets the Cursor agent interact with them
no multiplayer collaboration yet; users mainly collaborate through Git
Pen, platform-agnostic JSON-based design format
works on Windows, Linux, and Mac
swarm mode distributes design work across multiple agents
Integrates with
Lovable, community plugin converts Pen files to Lovable
Figma, community plugin converts Pen files to Figma
OpenCode
Codex
Claude Code
Cursor

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Currently building

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Tech stack & tools

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Tech stack 1
Business tools
HR & people
Collaboration
Security
Other

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Hiring

Job board checked Oct 24, 2026

Job board
24open roles
Nov 2025: 0 roles postedNovDec 2025: 0 roles postedJan 2026: 0 roles postedFeb 2026: 0 roles postedFebMar 2026: 0 roles postedApr 2026: 0 roles postedMay 2026: 0 roles postedMayJun 2026: 0 roles postedJul 2026: 1 role postedAug 2026: 6 roles postedAugSep 2026: 4 roles postedOct 2026: 13 roles posted13Oct
Currently open roles by month first posted (last 12 months)
Open roles by month posted
2025-110
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Departments
  • Product
    7
  • Transformation
    5
  • Enablement
    4
  • Customer Success
    3
  • Engineering
    2
  • Strategic Operations
    2
  • Program Management
    1
Hiring focus
  • agentic advertising creative generation
  • creative quality evaluation and measurement
  • security and trust operations
  • AI enabled People Ops automation
  • finance controls and operations

Summarised from Pencil's open job titles and departments.

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Timeline 13

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How we verify
Launch1Initiative2People1Built3Capability6
202610 events
September
  1. Sep 28, 2026Initiative
    AI enabled People Ops
    Verified1 source· Job posting
  2. Sep 18, 2026Initiative
    Adevals.ai
    Verified1 source· Job posting
March
  1. as of Mar 2026Capability
    Described by Krcha as a visual planning mode for exploring and comparing designs before building
    “This is the visual planning mode where you can plan things visually” 9:51
    Unverified1 source· Talk
    +4 more capabilities on the full timeline
  2. as of Mar 2026Capability
    opens .pen files in a visual editor and lets the Cursor agent interact with them
    opens .pen files in a visual editor and lets the Cursor agent interact with them
    “As soon as you click on a .pen file inside Cursor, it opens in this visual editor.” 13:22
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  3. as of Mar 2026Launch
    Full version launched a few weeks ago
    “We launched the full version a few weeks ago” 22:34
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  4. as of Mar 2026People
    Tom Krcha CEO of Pencil
    CEO
    “Tom is the CEO of Pencil” 0:44
    Unverified1 source· Talk
Undated2 events
  1. undatedBuilt
    Pencil built adevals.ai
    Verified1 source· Job posting
  2. undatedBuilt
    Pencil built Scribble
    Verified1 source· Job posting
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