Algolia (YC W14) — A developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API
Our mission is to make every search interaction meaningful & rewarding, through developer-friendly and enterprise-grade APIs. Algolia is the leading Search & Discovery API for websites and mobile apps.
Algolia is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2014 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: A developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API. The founders listed are Nicolas Dessaigne (Founder/Board Member), Julien Lemoine (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 20, 2013).
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Our mission is to make every search interaction meaningful & rewarding, through developer-friendly and enterprise-grade APIs.
Algolia is the leading Search & Discovery API for websites and mobile apps. We help the most innovative companies across e-commerce, media and SaaS industries create powerful, relevant and scalable discovery experiences for their users. Unlike other solutions, our hosted platform reduces the complexities of building and scaling a fast, relevant digital experience and helps teams accelerate development time. More than 9,000 companies like Under Armour, Twitch, Periscope, Medium and Stripe rely on Algolia to manage 50+ billion search queries a month.
Founded in 2012, we're backed by $184M in funding from Accel Partners, Alven Capital, Point Nine Capital and Storm Ventures. The team is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, New York, and Atlanta. To learn more, visit www.algolia.com.
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We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive under autonomy and diversity.
We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background
Nicolas Dessaigne
Founder/Board Member
Julien Lemoine
Founder/CTO
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