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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Dev Tools Company

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.

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