# Christophe Pasquier

> Christophe Pasquier is the French founder and CEO of Slite, a team knowledge platform. An engineer and Y Combinator Winter 2018 founder, he has developed Slite from a note app into an AI knowledge base, while writing publicly about hiring, distributed work, product design and trustworthy company information.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Slite
- **Organizations:** Slite, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** École Centrale Paris, Universidade de São Paulo, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Founded and continues to lead Slite., Participated in Y Combinator Winter 2018., Led Slite through its Index Ventures-led seed round and Spark Capital-led Series A.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Began working on Slite at startup studio eFounders, now Hexa.
- **2017** — Slite founding year listed by Y Combinator and Slite’s author biography.
- **2018** — Joined Y Combinator’s Winter batch; Slite raised $4.4 million led by Index Ventures.
- **2020** — Announced an $11 million financing round led by Spark Capital on April 14.
- **2023** — Released Ask beta in January; published his robot-CTO approach to product thinking in July.
- **2024** — Discussed global hiring and a team spanning 12 countries in September.
- **2026** — Announced Super’s merger into Slite as Slite Agent in June.

## Achievements

- Founded and continues to lead Slite.
- Participated in Y Combinator Winter 2018.
- Led Slite through its Index Ventures-led seed round and Spark Capital-led Series A.
- Developed a distributed company and published detailed accounts of its operating practices.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — In a June 8 announcement, Pasquier described Super merging into Slite as Slite Agent, available from June 10, with search across connected tools and documentation-maintenance capabilities.
- **2026-07** — Published the LinkedIn article “How to deploy a Cerebras-style Knowledge Base this week” on July 23.

## Links

- Website: https://slite.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophepasquier/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Christophepas
- GitHub: https://github.com/christophepas

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Last updated: 2026-10-21