About
Julien Lemoine has spent over a decade in search technology, holding positions at Thales and Exalead before co-founding Algolia. He holds an engineering degree from EPITA and has taught at the institution.
Founder/CTO at AlgoliaYC W14
Intro paths
YC
Julien went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Julien can intro founders to Algolia's investors below.
Algolia's investors · 21
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2013AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2021Acequia Capital (AceCap)Seattle · $100K – $5M checksAglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checksAlvenParis · since 2019Alven Capitalsince 2015CapitalXLynnwood · $250K checksCollective LiquidityPlantationDag VenturesPalo Alto · since 2019Fidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2021Founders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park · since 2021Lead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2015Owl Rock CapitalNew York · $20M – $250M checks · since 2019Point NineBerlin · $1M – $10M checksSaaStr FundPalo Alto · since 2019Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Salica InvestmentsLondonStorm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2015World Innovation LabPalo Alto · since 2021Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Algolia
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Nicolas DessaigneFounder/Board Member
Experience
- AlgoliaCo-founder, Advisor and Board member2022 — 2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
- AlgoliaCo-founder & CTO2012 — 2022Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- MASA GroupCTO2011 — 2012Paris
- ExaleadSoftware Architect / R&D Manager2007 — 2011
- EpitaText Mining Teacher2008 — 2009
- ThalesR&D Software Engineer2004 — 2007
Skills & more
Algolia29C++38Java20Git8Objective-C4iOS3Android5SaaS3Open Source5Software as a Service (SaaS)2Search11Software Engineering65
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High AvailabilityDistributed SystemsProduct StrategyAlgorithmsSoftware DevelopmentMachine LearningScalabilityNatural Language ProcessingInformation RetrievalData MiningArtificial IntelligenceIndexingFrom Julien's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Julien Lemoine?
- Julien Lemoine has spent over a decade in search technology, holding positions at Thales and Exalead before co-founding Algolia. He holds an engineering degree from EPITA and has taught at the institution.
- Where does Julien Lemoine work?
- Julien Lemoine is Founder/CTO of Algolia.
- What companies did Julien Lemoine found?
- Julien Lemoine founded Algolia.
- Where did Julien Lemoine go to school?
- Julien Lemoine studied at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Specialization in Cognitive Science and Advanced Algorithms).
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Shared employers
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