Founder of a listed tool
Quentin de Quelen
Co-founder, Meilisearch, named behind the Meilisearch listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Quentin builds
Meilisearch A · 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 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Clément Renault Co-founder, Meilisearch
- Thomas Payet Co-founder, Meilisearch
Backed by
LocalGlobe Seedcamp Kima Ventures Tiny.vc CRV Mango Capital Felicis Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel
Questions
Who is Quentin de Quelen?
Quentin de Quelen is co-founder and CEO of Meilisearch, the open-source search engine he started with Clément Renault and Thomas Payet. The founding team won a search hackathon run by Louis Vuitton, which led to a contract to run the engine in production. In 2025 he announced Meilisearch's move to a dual licence with an Enterprise Edition.
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 Quentin'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 (7)
- 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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