# Francis Bouvier (slim)

> Francis Bouvier is co-founder and CEO of Lightpanda. Lightpanda on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, Lightpanda.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisbouvier/
- X: https://x.com/bouvierfrancis

## What Francis builds

- [Lightpanda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lightpanda.md), graded C, 61.6/100, in Browser automation. Lightpanda is an open-source headless browser written in Zig, with the V8 JavaScript engine and no graphical rendering. Agents drive it on their own machine over CDP, WebDriver BiDi, a built-in MCP server or a CLI, or through Lightpanda Cloud. Co-founder and CEO, Lightpanda, researched 2026-10-30.

## Works with

- [Katie Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/katie-brown/), Co-founder and COO, Lightpanda
- [Pierre Tachoire](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pierre-tachoire/), Co-founder and CTO, Lightpanda

## Backed by

- [ISAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/isai/)
- [Kima Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kima-ventures/)
- [Factorial Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/)
- [Prototype Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/prototype-capital/)
- [Arthur Mensch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arthur-mensch/)
- [Julien Chaumond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/julien-chaumond/)
- [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-wolf/)
- [Stanislas Polu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stanislas-polu/)
- [Gabriel Hubert](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gabriel-hubert/)
- [Mehdi Ghissassi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mehdi-ghissassi/)
- [Matthieu Rouif](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matthieu-rouif/)
- [Benjamin Fabre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benjamin-fabre/)
- [Sébastien Chopin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sebastien-chopin/)
- [Kevin Cohen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kevin-cohen/)
- [Luc Delsalle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/luc-delsalle/)
- [Thibaud Elzière](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thibaud-elziere/)
- [Arnaud Ferreri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arnaud-ferreri/)
- [Yann Fleureau](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yann-fleureau/)
- [Anis Gandoura](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anis-gandoura/)
- [Emmanuel Gras](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emmanuel-gras/)
- [Jérôme Joaug](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jerome-joaug/)
- [Quentin Nickmans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/quentin-nickmans/)
- [Amaury Sepulchre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amaury-sepulchre/)
- [Nicolas Steegmann](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nicolas-steegmann/)
- [Roxanne Varza](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/roxanne-varza/)

## Questions

### Who is Francis Bouvier?

Francis Bouvier is co-founder and CEO of Lightpanda.

### What does Selecy SAS (Lightpanda) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Lightpanda from Selecy SAS (Lightpanda).

### Who has invested in Selecy SAS (Lightpanda)?

The sources our research read name ISAI, Kima Ventures, Factorial Capital, Prototype Capital, Arthur Mensch, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf, Stanislas Polu, Gabriel Hubert, Mehdi Ghissassi, Matthieu Rouif, Benjamin Fabre, Sébastien Chopin, Kevin Cohen, Luc Delsalle, Thibaud Elzière, Arnaud Ferreri, Yann Fleureau, Anis Gandoura, Emmanuel Gras, Jérôme Joaug, Quentin Nickmans, Amaury Sepulchre, Nicolas Steegmann and Roxanne Varza.

### How are Francis's tools graded?

Lightpanda is graded C, 61.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://lightpanda.io/legal
- https://lightpanda.io/llms.txt
- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/lightpanda-1-0
- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/benchmarking-ai-native-headless-browsers
- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/lightpanda-raises-preseed
- https://lightpanda.io/blog/tags/fundraising
- https://lightpanda.io/jobs
- https://lightpanda.io/pricing
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lightpanda-io/browser/main/SECURITY.md

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