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Algolia's Chief Technical Officer Xavier Grand will speak at AI Day 2026 in Paris, highlighting how the company is driving the shift to conversational, context-aware search experiences in the generative AI era, as part of a multi-track session featuring leading French tech innovators.
Algolia, the AI Search and Retrieval Platform handling 1.75 trillion queries each year and trusted by over 18,000 businesses globally, has announced that its Chief Technical Officer Xavier Grand will participate in AI Day 2026. The event, taking place on February 10 at Station F in Paris and presented by France Digitale, gathers 2,000 AI and NoCode executives, researchers, and investors to explore strategies for unlocking AI's full potential across organizations.
Grand's presentation forms part of dotAI's "The Tech Track" and is titled “Algolia & The GenAI UX Revolution: Merging Search and Conversation.” Scheduled in the Workshop Area from 12:20–12:35 PM, the session will delve into how Algolia enables enterprises to evolve from conventional search paradigms to dynamic, context-aware, and conversational interfaces that align with modern consumer expectations in the generative AI landscape.
The multi-track session brings together prominent voices in France's tech ecosystem. Alongside Grand, Mirakl data scientists Mehdi Elion and Clément Labrugere will share recent innovations in their company's advertising platform. Guillaume Moigneu, Field CTO at Upsun (formerly Platform.sh), will address approaches to evaluating agent code readiness.
Xavier Grand, Chief Technical Officer at Algolia, said: “At Algolia, we’re trusted by thousands of retailers and millions of developers around the world to equip them with fast, intuitive AI search solutions that build lasting customer loyalty and drive engagement and conversions. In 2026, this means enterprise search strategy must be all-encompassing to include agentic, generative, and search experiences. Excited to share with the brightest minds in France’s AI community how Algolia is making this shift practical at scale.”
As a founding engineer who joined Algolia in its early days with just five team members, Grand has played a key role in scaling the platform to support over 750 employees while focusing on robust, predictable infrastructure that delivers value to global customers.
This participation underscores Algolia's leadership in redefining search and discovery through unified keyword and vector engines, enabling agentic and generative experiences via tools like Agent Studio. The company's decade-long innovation continues to shape retrieval-powered applications and the broader evolution of AI-driven discovery.
About Algolia
Algolia is the leading AI Search and Retrieval platform, powering 1.75 trillion searches a year for more than 18,000 businesses. With a unified keyword and vector search and retrieval engine, Algolia delivers the world’s fastest and most scalable search and discovery technology. Companies rely on Algolia to build agentic, generative, and search experiences through tools like Agent Studio. With over a decade of innovation, Algolia is redefining retrieval-powered applications and the future of AI discovery.
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