# Florian Douetteau

> Florian Douetteau is the French co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, founded in Paris in 2013 with Clément Stenac, Thomas Cabrol and Marc Batty. An ENS-trained software engineer with early experience at Exalead, he advocates collaboration between business and technical teams and practical oversight of enterprise AI. Dataiku reported passing $350 million in annual recurring revenue in October 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Dataiku
- **Organizations:** Dataiku, Exalead, IsCool Entertainment, Criteo
- **From:** Paris, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** École normale supérieure, Paris
- **Known for:** Co-founded and continues to lead Dataiku., Listed in DataIQ’s 100 influential data and analytics practitioners in 2020 for the fourth consecutive year., Led Dataiku through growth to more than 750 customer organizations and more than 1,250 employees, as reported by the company in October 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Joined search-engine startup Exalead; worked in engineering and product roles.
- **2011** — Became CTO at IsCool Entertainment.
- **2012** — Worked as a technical consultant for Criteo.
- **2013** — Co-founded Dataiku in Paris with Clément Stenac, Thomas Cabrol and Marc Batty.
- **2015** — Dataiku opened its New York office.
- **2016** — FirstMark led Dataiku’s Series A.
- **2022** — Dataiku announced a $200 million Series F at a $3.7 billion valuation.
- **2025** — Dataiku reported more than $350 million in annual recurring revenue on October 17.
- **2026** — Dataiku announced Agent Management and expanded Cobuild in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and continues to lead Dataiku.
- Listed in DataIQ’s 100 influential data and analytics practitioners in 2020 for the fourth consecutive year.
- Led Dataiku through growth to more than 750 customer organizations and more than 1,250 employees, as reported by the company in October 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Dataiku announced Agent Management on September 24, with general availability scheduled for October 2026.
- **2026-09** — Dataiku expanded Cobuild’s natural-language capabilities for business users, developers and IT teams.
- **2026-06** — Maxwell Long joined Dataiku as president and chief revenue officer, reporting to Douetteau.
- **2025-10** — Dataiku announced that it had exceeded $350 million in annual recurring revenue.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dataiku.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdouetteau/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/fdouetteau

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Last updated: 2026-10-21