# Katie Brown

> Katie Brown is co-founder and COO of Lightpanda. Lightpanda on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-10-30

Co-founder and COO, Lightpanda.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-brown-77317957/
- X: https://x.com/katielouisehal

## What Katie 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 COO, Lightpanda, researched 2026-10-30.

## Works with

- [Francis Bouvier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/francis-bouvier/), Co-founder and CEO, 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 Katie Brown?

Katie Brown is co-founder and COO of Lightpanda.

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

Anchor Terminal lists Lightpanda from Selecy SAS (Lightpanda). 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.

### 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 Katie'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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