Founded in 2012, Algolia's aim is to make searching on a website or a mobile app as fast and effective as possible. To this end, Algolia provides developers with an easy to integrate search API offering an intuitive "as-you-type" design that refreshes search results in real time. Ultimately, this enhanced search experience provides an overall boost to user engagement on online and mobile services. With offices in San Francisco and Paris, Algolia currently has over 700 clients in 50 countries. The company's recent funding round secured over $18M, primarily from growth equity firm Accel Partners.