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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO, Lightpanda.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-tachoire/\n- GitHub: https://github.com/krichprollsch\n\n## What Pierre builds\n\n- [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 CTO, Lightpanda, researched 2026-10-30.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Francis Bouvier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/francis-bouvier/), Co-founder and CEO, Lightpanda\n- [Katie Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/katie-brown/), Co-founder and COO, Lightpanda\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [ISAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/isai/)\n- [Kima Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kima-ventures/)\n- [Factorial Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/)\n- [Prototype Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/prototype-capital/)\n- [Arthur Mensch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arthur-mensch/)\n- [Julien Chaumond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/julien-chaumond/)\n- [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-wolf/)\n- [Stanislas Polu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stanislas-polu/)\n- [Gabriel Hubert](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gabriel-hubert/)\n- [Mehdi Ghissassi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mehdi-ghissassi/)\n- [Matthieu Rouif](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matthieu-rouif/)\n- [Benjamin Fabre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benjamin-fabre/)\n- [Sébastien Chopin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sebastien-chopin/)\n- [Kevin Cohen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kevin-cohen/)\n- [Luc Delsalle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/luc-delsalle/)\n- [Thibaud Elzière](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thibaud-elziere/)\n- [Arnaud Ferreri](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arnaud-ferreri/)\n- [Yann Fleureau](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yann-fleureau/)\n- [Anis Gandoura](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anis-gandoura/)\n- [Emmanuel Gras](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emmanuel-gras/)\n- [Jérôme Joaug](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jerome-joaug/)\n- [Quentin Nickmans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/quentin-nickmans/)\n- [Amaury Sepulchre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amaury-sepulchre/)\n- [Nicolas Steegmann](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nicolas-steegmann/)\n- [Roxanne Varza](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/roxanne-varza/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Pierre Tachoire?\n\nPierre Tachoire is co-founder and CTO of Lightpanda.\n\n### What does Selecy SAS (Lightpanda) make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### Who has invested in Selecy SAS (Lightpanda)?\n\nThe 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.\n\n### How are Pierre's tools graded?\n\nLightpanda is graded C, 61.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://lightpanda.io/legal\n- https://lightpanda.io/llms.txt\n- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/lightpanda-1-0\n- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/benchmarking-ai-native-headless-browsers\n- https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/lightpanda-raises-preseed\n- https://lightpanda.io/blog/tags/fundraising\n- https://lightpanda.io/jobs\n- https://lightpanda.io/pricing\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lightpanda-io/browser/main/SECURITY.md\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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