Nicolas Dessaigne
General Partner at YC and co-founder of Algolia
YC Partner
Nicolas Dessaigne
Nicolas Dessaigne is a General Partner at YC. He was the co-founder of Algolia (YC W14), a growth stage Search API used by millions of developers. He led the company as CEO up to 350 people before hiring a successor in 2020. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nantes.
YC Stats
- Nicolas is the founder of Algolia, a company valued at over $2B.
- He's done more than 3,000 office hours over the course of 12 batches at YC
- Nicolas has advised top YC alumni including: Checkr, Front, Sendbird, PostHog, Airbyte, Encord, Finary.com, Quicknode, Gigs, Exa, GrowthBook, Firecrawl, Oneleet, Retell AI, Unsloth AI, and Emergent.
Essays
- How To Start A Dev Tools Company
- How To Use AI In Your Startup
- The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup
- Startup Advice: AI GTM, Pivoting & How To Hire