Alexis Le-Quoc
About Alexis Le-Quoc
Alexis Le-Quoc (also written Alexis Lê-Quôc) is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Datadog, the observability and security company founded in 2010 in New York City. He co-founded it with Olivier Pomel. He is based in New York.
Before Datadog he was Director of Operations at Wireless Generation, where he built the team and infrastructure serving more than four million students in 49 states. Earlier roles include software engineer at IBM Research, Neomeo and Orange. He studied computer science at CentraleSupélec.
Crunchbase lists 11 personal investments and a board seat at Qovery, a cloud deployment startup. Tracxn dates his earliest recorded angel deal to Qovery's $4M seed in September 2021. Crunchbase also lists him in rounds for Koyeb (pre-seed and seed), Formal (seed), Mindee (Series A), Pelico (Series A) and Northflank. Round dates for most of these are not public.
NFX Signal profiles him as an angel with a listed range of $5K to $50K and a sweet spot of $25K. This is a third-party profile and not a statement from him.
His most recent recorded AI deal is Niteshift, which raised a $7M seed in June 2026. Niteshift builds a model-agnostic cloud for coding agents. It was founded by former early Datadog engineers Sajid Mehmood and Conor Branagan. Greylock's Jerry Chen led the round. Other angels included Reid Hoffman, Datadog co-founder Olivier Pomel, Braintrust's Ankur Goyal and Reflection AI's Misha Laskin.
Public data points to early-stage rounds, from pre-seed to Series A, in cloud infrastructure, developer tooling and enterprise software. Tracxn lists his top sectors as Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure, with investments in France and the United States. NFX Signal shows a listed check range of $5K to $50K. He has not published a thesis or stated what he looks for in pitches that we could find.
- Niteshift: model-agnostic cloud for AI coding agents; $7M seed, June 2026.
- Qovery: cloud deployment platform; seed in September 2021, and he sits on the board.
- Koyeb: cloud platform for deploying applications; pre-seed and seed rounds listed on Crunchbase.
- Formal: seed round listed on Crunchbase.
- Mindee: Series A listed on Crunchbase.
- Pelico: Series A listed on Crunchbase.
- Northflank: listed on Crunchbase; round not shown.
Investing activity
Alexis Le-Quoc appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $7M. The most recent is Niteshift (Seed, $7M, Jun 2026).
Alexis Le-Quoc most often invests alongside Greylock’s Jerry Chen, Ankur Goyal, Olivier Pomel and Reid Hoffman, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Alexis Le-Quoc
Who is Alexis Le-Quoc?
He is co-founder and CTO of Datadog and an angel investor based in New York. Before Datadog he ran operations at Wireless Generation.
Has Alexis Le-Quoc invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was an angel in Niteshift's $7M seed in June 2026. Niteshift builds a model-agnostic cloud for coding agents and the round was led by Greylock's Jerry Chen.
What check size does Alexis Le-Quoc write?
He has not stated one publicly. NFX Signal lists a $5K to $50K range with a $25K sweet spot, but that is a third-party profile.
What stage does Alexis Le-Quoc invest in?
Crunchbase shows pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds. His listed deals are mostly cloud infrastructure, developer tooling and enterprise software.
Which companies has Alexis Le-Quoc backed?
Crunchbase and Tracxn list Niteshift, Qovery, Koyeb, Formal, Mindee, Pelico and Northflank. He is also a board member at Qovery.
Is Alexis Le-Quoc connected to the founders of Niteshift?
Niteshift's founders are former early Datadog engineers. He is one of two Datadog co-founders listed among its angels.
Is Alexis Le-Quoc an angel investor?
Yes. Alexis Le-Quoc invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Alexis Le-Quoc invested in?
Alexis Le-Quoc's AI investments include Niteshift. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Alexis Le-Quoc invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Alexis Le-Quoc has invested at Seed, with a median round of $7M.
Who does Alexis Le-Quoc co-invest with?
Alexis Le-Quoc's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Greylock’s Jerry Chen (1 deal), Ankur Goyal (1 deal), Olivier Pomel (1 deal), Reid Hoffman (1 deal) and Misha Laskin (1 deal).