# How To Start A Dev Tools Company

**Author:** Nicolas Dessaigne
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Lu-how-to-start-a-dev-tools-company
**YouTube ID:** z1aKRhRnVNk

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YC's Nicolas Dessaigne was the co-founder and CEO of Algolia, a Search API used by millions of developers to build great
search experiences into their apps and websites. Today it powers over 1.75 trillion searches annually for 17,000+
customers worldwide.

In this episode of Startup School, Nicolas shares his advice for founders building a dev tools company from the ground
up— covering everything from team and idea to GTM and sales.

