# Clément Renault

> Clément Renault is co-founder of Meilisearch. Meilisearch on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Meilisearch.

Clément Renault, known as Kero, is co-founder and CTO of Meilisearch, the open-source search engine. He trained at the Paris coding school 42, worked on neural networks during an internship at Vejja and learned Haskell on an order management system team before starting Meilisearch with Quentin de Quelen and Thomas Payet.

- LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/kerollmops

## What Clément builds

- [Meilisearch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meilisearch.md), graded A, 78.8/100, in Retrieval & vector search. Open-source search engine from Meili SAS in Paris with typo-tolerant keyword search, vector and hybrid search, filters and facets. It runs self-hosted or as Meilisearch Cloud, with a REST API, SDKs and an experimental built-in MCP route. Co-founder, Meilisearch, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Quentin de Quelen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-de-quelen/), Co-founder, Meilisearch
- [Thomas Payet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thomas-payet/), Co-founder, Meilisearch

## Backed by

- [LocalGlobe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/localglobe/)
- [Seedcamp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/seedcamp/)
- [Kima Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kima-ventures/)
- [Tiny.vc](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiny-vc/)
- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)
- [Mango Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mango-capital/)
- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)
- [Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch-ceo-of-vercel/)

## Questions

### Who is Clément Renault?

Clément Renault, known as Kero, is co-founder and CTO of Meilisearch, the open-source search engine. He trained at the Paris coding school 42, worked on neural networks during an internship at Vejja and learned Haskell on an order management system team before starting Meilisearch with Quentin de Quelen and Thomas Payet.

### What does Meilisearch make?

Anchor Terminal lists Meilisearch from Meilisearch. Open-source search engine from Meili SAS in Paris with typo-tolerant keyword search, vector and hybrid search, filters and facets. It runs self-hosted or as Meilisearch Cloud, with a REST API, SDKs and an experimental built-in MCP route.

### Who has invested in Meilisearch?

The sources our research read name LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, Kima Ventures, Tiny.vc, CRV, Mango Capital, Felicis and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel.

### How are Clément's tools graded?

Meilisearch is graded A, 78.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.meilisearch.com/blog/enterprise-license
- https://www.meilisearch.com/careers
- https://www.fame.so/connect/guest/clement-renault
- https://kubecon.meilisearch.com/blog/the-history-of-meilisearch-cloud
- https://fr.linkedin.com/in/kerollmops
- https://www.meilisearch.com/
- https://www.meilisearch.com/service-level-agreement

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