# Pierre Burgy

> Pierre Burgy is the co-founder and CEO of Strapi, an open-source headless CMS he started with Aurélien Georget and Jim Laurie while they were students. He has led its transition from a freelance-funded project to enterprise software and cloud services, and is also co-founder and CEO of Fimo, a platform for operating AI-built websites.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Strapi; Co-founder and CEO at Fimo
- **Organizations:** Strapi, Fimo
- **Education:** HETIC
- **Known for:** Co-created Strapi and led it from a student project into a commercial open-source company., Led Strapi through a $31 million Series B in 2022., Strapi reported more than 20 million downloads and deployments in more than 3,000 companies at its October 2025 anniversary.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Created Strapi with fellow students Aurélien Georget and Jim Laurie; published it on GitHub in October.
- **2016** — Strapi incorporated in France.
- **2017** — Focused on building Strapi full-time after early freelance work.
- **2018** — Strapi closed a $1 million pre-seed round.
- **2019** — Strapi raised a $4 million seed round.
- **2020** — Strapi raised a $10 million Series A and introduced its Enterprise Edition.
- **2022** — Announced a $31 million Series B led by CRV.
- **2023** — Strapi Cloud launched; the company became remote-only with no physical office.
- **2025** — Marked Strapi’s tenth anniversary and publicly prioritized software reliability.
- **2026** — Fimo publicly launched in September, identifying Burgy as co-founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-created Strapi and led it from a student project into a commercial open-source company.
- Led Strapi through a $31 million Series B in 2022.
- Strapi reported more than 20 million downloads and deployments in more than 3,000 companies at its October 2025 anniversary.
- Co-founded Fimo to support editing and ongoing operations for AI-built websites.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Fimo announced its public launch on September 8, with Burgy identified as co-founder and CEO of Strapi and Fimo.
- **2026-07** — Discussed Strapi, coding agents and Fimo on episode 364 of If This Then Dev.
- **2026-01** — Published Strapi’s 2025 review, reporting more than 70,000 GitHub stars and discussing AI and editing improvements.
- **2025-12** — Published a commitment to prioritize Strapi reliability and stability throughout 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://strapi.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-burgy-88671673/en
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/pierre_burgy
- GitHub: https://github.com/pierreburgy

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Last updated: 2026-10-26