Florian Douetteau

Florian Douetteau is a French technology executive and software engineer, and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Dataiku, a data analytics and artificial intelligence software company. He co-founded Dataiku in Paris in 2013 and has served as its chief executive since its establishment.

Early life and education

Douetteau was born in Paris. He studied mathematics and computer science at the École normale supérieure after completing the French preparatory classes Mathématiques Supérieures and Mathématiques Spéciales.

Career Early career Douetteau began his career in 2000 at Exalead, a French search engine company. He initially worked on the development of its Exascript programming language and subsequently held positions in research, development and product management. He later became head of research and development, leading a team that grew to around 50 engineers. The company developed software for preparing and analysing large datasets and generating predictive models.

A beta version of the platform was launched in April 2013 and by early 2014, Dataiku employed about 15 engineers and data scientists. $28 million in a Series B round in September 2017 led by Battery Ventures; and $101 million in a Series C round in December 2018 led by ICONIQ Capital.

In December 2019, the company achieved unicorn status following CapitalG, the independent growth fund backed by Alphabet Inc., acquiring a stake in Dataiku in a secondary transaction that valued the company at $1.4 billion.

Dataiku raised a $100 million Series D round in August 2020 led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management, followed by a $400 million Series E round in August 2021, which valued the company at $4.6 billion.

In March 2022, Dataiku reported more than $150 million in annual recurring revenue. In December 2022, the company raised $200 million in a Series F round led by Wellington Management Company at a valuation of $3.7 billion.

By mid-2024, Dataiku had raised approximately $850 million in total funding and reported $250 million in annual recurring revenue. By October 2025, the company served more than 700 organizations and had surpassed $300 million in annualized recurring revenue.

Views on artificial intelligence In 2018, Douetteau said that increasing access to artificial intelligence could enable companies to compete with large technology firms that had invested in big-data technologies.

Recognition In 2021, the French business magazine Challenges included Douetteau, Clément Stenac and Thomas Cabrol in a ranking of French technology entrepreneurs.