About
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Nicolas is currently a general partner at YC. He is also the co-founder of Algolia (YC W14), a growth stage Search API used by millions of developers. He led the company as CEO up to 350 people before hiring a successor in 2020. Originally from France, he currently lives in El Cerrito, CA with his wife and 3 kids. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nantes.
Experience
Y Combinator
View →Group Partner · 2021 – present
YC UnspecifiedSeed100Mountain View, California, United StatesFinancial Technology and Services · Artificial Intelligence (AI)
7 Open Jobs →
YC S22Seed15San Francisco, CA, USADeveloper APIs · Financial Technology and Services
1 Open Job →Education
- University of Nantes · Doctor's degree in philosophy, Computer sciences2001 – 2005
- ESIEA · Master's degree in science, Computer sciences1994 – 1999
Y Combinator Portfolio (135)
Algolia
Cloud ComputingLate Stage810 emp
Lendflow
LendingSeries A97 emp
Synapse Medicine
Hospital & Health CareGrowth86 emp
People at Algolia
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