# Frédéric Plais

> Frédéric Plais is a French entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Upsun, formerly Platform.sh. Based in Los Angeles, he previously helped build Infoclic, af83 and Commerce Guys, and has led a distributed cloud software business since 2015. His public work covers international expansion, remote management, environmental efficiency and the organization of AI-assisted software development.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)
- **Organizations:** Upsun (formerly Platform.sh), Commerce Guys, af83, Infoclic, SFR, L’Oréal, French Tech SF
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Business and marketing studies, ESCP Business School, MBA program (attendance reported in speaker biography), Henley Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led the cloud business Platform.sh, now Upsun., Led Platform.sh through its announced $140 million Series D in 2022., Built a distributed international business operating remotely since 2015.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked for L’Oréal in Taiwan after studying at ESCP.
- **2000** — Founded Infoclic, a natural-language search business; the service launched in January 2001.
- **2002** — Infoclic closed; subsequently worked in telecoms and led music, games and premium content activities at SFR.
- **2007** — Joined af83 as CEO; public interviews also describe him as a co-founder.
- **2010** — Helped establish Commerce Guys with colleagues including Damien Tournoud and Ori Pekelman; biographies date his involvement to 2010.
- **2015** — Co-founded the separate Platform.sh cloud business and moved to California.
- **2021** — Platform.sh acquired Blackfire.io.
- **2022** — Platform.sh announced a $140 million Series D on June 21.
- **2025** — Platform.sh adopted the Upsun name on September 23.
- **2026** — Wrote about AI shifting software bottlenecks in June; Upsun Dispatch launched publicly on September 17.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led the cloud business Platform.sh, now Upsun.
- Led Platform.sh through its announced $140 million Series D in 2022.
- Built a distributed international business operating remotely since 2015.
- Helped develop the French Tech community in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Upsun publicly launched Upsun Dispatch on September 17, extending its cloud platform into governed human-AI software workflows.
- **2026-06** — Published an essay on June 16 about bottlenecks moving from implementation into review, product specifications and AI costs.
- **2026-01** — Discussed European cloud collaboration and Upsun’s support for Eurostack in an Alliancy interview.
- **2025-09** — Announced Platform.sh’s change of name to Upsun on September 23.

## Links

- Website: https://upsun.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fplais
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/FredPlais

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