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Nicolas Dessaigne

Nicolas Dessaigne

Board Member at Algolia

Nicolas is currently a general partner at YC.

United States of America

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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.

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YC W14Late Stage810San Francisco, CA, USACloud Computing · Vertical Search
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YC S22Seed15San Francisco, CA, USADeveloper APIs · Financial Technology and Services
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