# Julien Denaes

> Julien Denaes is chief Strategy Officer at also overseeing engineering. Lens (Thought Industries) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Chief Strategy Officer, also overseeing engineering.

Julien Denaes joined Thought Industries as chief strategy officer in December 2025 and oversees its strategy and the whole engineering organisation. Before that he worked in product leadership at BILL on its first AI platform, and earlier he built and sold several companies as chief executive, one of them to Insight Partners.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliendenaes/

## What Julien builds

- [Lens (Thought Industries)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thought-industries-lens.md), graded E, 43.5/100, in Company knowledge & data catalogues. Lens, from Thought Industries, indexes a company's website, help centre, files, Zendesk articles and Academy courses into one knowledge layer. It answers customer questions through a website widget, a remote MCP server, a REST API and answer-engine files. Chief Strategy Officer, also overseeing engineering, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Barry Kelly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/barry-kelly/), Co-founder; CEO from 2013 until April 2024, then founder and board member
- [Irana Wasti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/irana-wasti/), Chief Executive Officer
- [Karishma Wadhwani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karishma-wadhwani/), Head of Product - AI & Monetization; Agentic Platform
- [Sarah Phoenix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sarah-phoenix/), Chief Product Officer

## Backed by

- [Luminate Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/luminate-capital-partners/)

## Questions

### Who is Julien Denaes?

Julien Denaes joined Thought Industries as chief strategy officer in December 2025 and oversees its strategy and the whole engineering organisation. Before that he worked in product leadership at BILL on its first AI platform, and earlier he built and sold several companies as chief executive, one of them to Insight Partners.

### What does Thought Industries, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Lens (Thought Industries) from Thought Industries, Inc.. Lens, from Thought Industries, indexes a company's website, help centre, files, Zendesk articles and Academy courses into one knowledge layer. It answers customer questions through a website widget, a remote MCP server, a REST API and answer-engine files.

### Who has invested in Thought Industries, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Luminate Capital Partners.

### How are Julien's tools graded?

Lens (Thought Industries) is graded E, 43.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/about-us/leadership-team/
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-launches-lens-and-unveils-customer-knowledge-ai-platform/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahptalis
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishmawadhwani
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com
- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us
- https://lens.thoughtindustries.com/
- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404061896343-Premium-Live-Chat
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-promotes-robin-wadsworth-to-ceo/

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