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Ken ChenaultunlockedAlexis: together at IBM (1998–2000)
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×2Alexis: together at CentraleSupélec
About
Alexis Lê-Quôc co-founded Datadog with Olivier Pomel in 2010 and has been its CTO ever since — through the 2019 Nasdaq IPO, entry to the S&P 500 in 2025, and a climb to roughly $84 billion in market value on about $4.5 billion of annual revenue. The two met as undergraduates at École Centrale Paris and spent nine years together at Wireless Generation, where he was director of operations running infrastructure that served more than four million students across 49 states. An original member of the devops movement, he is a fixture at Monitorama, DevOpsDays and AWS re:Invent.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Datadog with Olivier Pomel in New York in 2010, after News Corp acquired Wireless Generation.
- Education
- Met Pomel as an undergraduate at École Centrale Paris; the pair then worked together for nine years.
- Communities
- A member of the original devops movement and a regular speaker at AWS re:Invent, Monitorama, DevOpsDays, Velocity and PyCon.
- More
- At Wireless Generation he was director of operations, building the team and infrastructure that served more than four million students across 49 states. Became a billionaire alongside Pomel in 2020; each holds over 2% of Datadog's common stock.
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Co-founder & CTO at Datadog
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Datadog's investors · 29
Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksAmplify Partners CVMenlo Park · since 2015aVentureSan FranciscoBantam GroupWestwoodComcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksContour Venture PartnersNew York · $500K – $2M checksCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checksEQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M checksField VenturesNew YorkGenacast VenturesMiami · $50K – $5M checksIcon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2018ICONIQSan FranciscoICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2015Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2015IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksKluz VenturesRockvilleLifeX VenturesSan FranciscoLSP (Life Sciences Partners)Amsterdam · $10.8M – $64.8M checksMastrySan FranciscoMeritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checksNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksNotation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checksOpenView Venture PartnersBoston · $5M – $20M checks · since 2015RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checksRTP GlobalNew York · $1M – $15M checksSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoUnusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checksWind VentureParisWonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks
Co-founders at Datadog
OP
Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO
Experience
- DatadogCo-founder & CTOcurrent2010 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Wireless GenerationDirector of live operations2007 — 2010
- Wireless GenerationSenior Software Architect2004 — 2006
- France Telecom R&DR&D Engineer2002 — 2004
- SilicongoSenior Software Engineer2001
- NeomeoSenior Software Engineer2000 — 2001
- IBMR&D Engineer1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Python56Linux63Java20SQL9Erlang3IP4Storage Area Networks1Synchronization2Scalability11Ruby10Bash13Distributed Systems26
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Agile MethodologiesDevOpsSystem MonitoringIT OperationsMySQLMachine LearningPerlCloud ComputingUnixDatabasesGitWeb ServicesLanguages English · French · German · Japanese · Spanish
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Alexis Le-QuocNetwork7
Reid HoffmanScout
Co-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock
Bartosz JakubowskiScout
Principal at Alven
Dominik TobschallScout
General Partner at backtrace capital
Floriane de MaupeouScout
Principal at Serena
Mathilde Collin
Co-founder & Executive Chair of Front
Hank Vigil
Founder & Managing Partner at Acequia Capital (AceCap)
Jerry Chen
Partner at Greylock Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alexis Le-Quoc?
- Alexis Lê-Quôc co-founded Datadog with Olivier Pomel in 2010 and has been its CTO ever since — through the 2019 Nasdaq IPO, entry to the S&P 500 in 2025, and a climb to roughly $84 billion in market value on about $4.5 billion of annual revenue. The two met as undergraduates at École Centrale Paris and spent nine years together at Wireless Generation, where he was director of operations running infrastructure that served more than four million students across 49 states. An original member of the devops movement, he is a fixture at Monitorama, DevOpsDays and AWS re:Invent.
- Where does Alexis Le-Quoc work?
- Alexis Le-Quoc is Co-founder & CTO of Datadog.
- What check size does Alexis Le-Quoc write?
- Alexis Le-Quoc typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Alexis Le-Quoc found?
- Alexis Le-Quoc founded Datadog.
- Where did Alexis Le-Quoc go to school?
- Alexis Le-Quoc studied at CentraleSupélec (Bachelor + Master, Computer Science); Lycée Pasteur, Besançon; Japan Society.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Alexis Le-Quoc?
- Tracked appearances include "Datadog CTO and Co-Founder Alexis Lê-Quôc".
Founder mafias
CentraleSupélec mafia94
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Olivier PomelFounded DatadogJean-Baptiste KempfITFounded Kyber +2Lorenz NeunerDiplôme d'IngénieurFounded TradeLink +1Adrien GuenardDiplôme d'ingénieurFounded VoltaBack +1Ben CeraBachelor's degreeFounded Gift Shop +1Laurent GilMaster of Science (M.Sc.)Founded Zenedge +1
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Same school
Also attended CentraleSupélec183
Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogPierre GalletInvestor at DaphniSalim HassadPartner at Newfund CapitalBenjamin AuschitzkyScaleup Success Manager at Partech VenturesBruno CrémelGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesVictor HubersonPrincipal at Partech Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Datadog78
Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogKira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalDan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Wireless Generation4
Also worked at France Telecom R&D98
Benedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 peopleRakesh MurriaCOO at Nauta CapitalBen SmithTechnology Partner at Inreach VenturesPascal Levy-GarbouaVenture Partner at Long Journey VenturesAymerik RenardGeneral Partner at HCVCJulien-David NitlechManaging Partner at Iris Capital
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