# Quentin de Quelen

> Quentin de Quelen is co-founder of Meilisearch. Meilisearch on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Meilisearch.

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 Quentin builds

- [Meilisearch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meilisearch.md), graded A, 78.8/100, in 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 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Clément Renault](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/clement-renault/), Co-founder, Meilisearch
- [Thomas Payet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thomas-payet/), Co-founder, Meilisearch

## Backed by

- [LocalGlobe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/localglobe/)
- [Seedcamp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/seedcamp/)
- [Kima Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kima-ventures/)
- [Tiny.vc](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiny-vc/)
- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)
- [Mango Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mango-capital/)
- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)
- [Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/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

- 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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