Algolia

Aplicación YC de Algolia

Winter 2014Active

Algolia pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2014 como una empresa de B2B. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC
Winter 2014
Industria
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Tamaño del equipo
810
Estado
Active
Lanzado
2013

Fundadores

  • Nicolas Dessaigne
    Nicolas DessaigneFounder/Board Member
  • Julien Lemoine
    Julien LemoineFounder/CTO

Lo que hace Algolia

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 --- 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

Aplicación YC de Algolia, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Algolia, batch Winter 2014. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Algolia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We are building a hosted Search & Discovery API designed for websites and mobile apps. Our product helps companies quickly create fast, relevant search experiences without dealing with complex infrastructure. It handles large volumes of queries and scales for enterprise needs, simplifying search integration for developers.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work between San Francisco, CA and Paris, Île-de-France, France. After YC, the company would continue to operate from those hubs.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco and Paris because they give us access to top tech talent and critical customer markets in both the US and Europe. It also fits our backgrounds and existing setups.

21 respuestas más en la aplicación completa

están en la versión completa. Crea una cuenta gratuita para abrirla en YC Insights, junto a cada otro batch de YC.

Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Algolia?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Algolia (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Algolia se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Algolia?

Algolia formó parte del batch Winter 2014 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Algolia?

Algolia fue fundado por Nicolas Dessaigne, Julien Lemoine.

¿A qué se dedica Algolia?

A developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API.

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Algolia, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.

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