Founder of a listed tool
Thomas Payet
Co-founder, Meilisearch, named behind the Meilisearch listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Thomas 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
- Quentin de Quelen Co-founder, Meilisearch
Backed by
LocalGlobe Seedcamp Kima Ventures Tiny.vc CRV Mango Capital Felicis Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel
Questions
Who is Thomas Payet?
Thomas Payet is co-founder and COO of Meilisearch, the open-source search engine. He announced its first public beta in December 2019, after a year in which the founding team won a Louis Vuitton search hackathon, and in April 2022 announced Meilisearch Cloud, the company's first hosted service.
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 Thomas'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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