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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio83%Bio coverage: 83% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% of these rows have at least one match.School22%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 22% of these rows have at least one match.
- Andrey SantrosyanFounder/CTO · Redouble AIS24B2B · New York
- Martin BittnerFounder/CEO · Redouble AIS24B2B · New York
- Sohan Choudhury@hungrysohanFounder · FlintS23Education · New York
- Marcel PatekFounder · Harmonic DiscoveryS21Healthcare · New York
- Rayees RahmanFounder/CEO · Harmonic DiscoveryS21Healthcare · New York
- Guido CaldaraFounder · TablevibeS21B2B · Singapore
- Ankur Solanki@ankursolanki_Founder · JoinSubW21Fintech · Delhi
- Dhruv GoelFounder/CEO · JoinSubW21Fintech · Delhi
- David CottrellFounder · ZynqW20B2B · San Francisco
- Zerzar Bukhari@ZerzarBukhariFounder · ZynqW20B2B · San Francisco
- Eric Futoran@efutoranFounder/CEO · EmbraceS19B2B · Los Angeles
- Fredric NewbergFounder · EmbraceS19B2B · Los Angeles
- Jeff BerensFounder · CuldesacS18Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Ryan JohnsonFounder · CuldesacS18Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Sahar SaidiFounder/CEO · LUS BrandsW18Consumer · Toronto
- Julien Lemoine@jlemoine_algoFounder/CTO · AlgoliaW14B2B · San Francisco
- Nicolas Dessaigne@dessaigneFounder/Board Member · AlgoliaW14B2B · San Francisco
- Kenshi Arasaki@arasakikFounder/CEO · A Thinking ApeW08B2B · Vancouver
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrey SantrosyanRedouble AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BNew York, United States3—Martin BittnerRedouble AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BNew York, United States3—Sohan ChoudhuryFlintFounderSummer 2023EducationNew York, United States18https://x.com/hungrysohanMarcel PatekHarmonic DiscoveryFounderSummer 2021HealthcareNew York, United States8—Rayees RahmanHarmonic DiscoveryFounder/CEOSummer 2021HealthcareNew York, United States8—Guido CaldaraTablevibeFounderSummer 2021B2BSingapore, Singapore10—Ankur SolankiJoinSubFounderWinter 2021FintechDelhi, India8https://x.com/ankursolanki_Dhruv GoelJoinSubFounder/CEOWinter 2021FintechDelhi, India8—David CottrellZynqFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States7—Zerzar BukhariZynqFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/ZerzarBukhariEric FutoranEmbraceFounder/CEOSummer 2019B2BLos Angeles, United States62https://x.com/efutoranFredric NewbergEmbraceFounderSummer 2019B2BLos Angeles, United States62—Jeff BerensCuldesacFounderSummer 2018Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States100—Ryan JohnsonCuldesacFounderSummer 2018Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States100—Sahar SaidiLUS BrandsFounder/CEOWinter 2018ConsumerToronto, Canada20—Julien LemoineAlgoliaFounder/CTOWinter 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States810https://x.com/jlemoine_algoNicolas DessaigneAlgoliaFounder/Board MemberWinter 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States810https://x.com/dessaigneKenshi ArasakiA Thinking ApeFounder/CEOWinter 2008B2BVancouver, Canada75https://x.com/arasakik
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Julien Lemoine
Founder/CTO·Algolia
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size810
BatchWinter 2014
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Julien is a search veteran who’s been working in the search landscape for over 10 years, with work experience in Thales and Exalead. He participated in the design of three different search engines prior to co-founding Algolia with Nicolas and is the author of the different algorithms responsible for Algolia's super fast performance. Julien is also passionate about imparting knowledge and spent some time teaching at his Alma Mater, EPITA. He holds an engineering degree from the same institution.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Algolia
A developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API.
Co-foundersNicolas Dessaigne@dessaigne
