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July 16, 2024

The Datadog founders factory: 12 alumni building startups in Europe

The French-founded, US-HQed firm is seeing a number of founders starting their own thing back at home

Founded in 2010 in New York by French duo Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc, software company Datadog has seen significant success across the Atlantic — and now a number of employees are launching their own thing, both in the US and back in Europe. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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