About Five Apes

About company

In the summer of 2006, French technologist, Williams Paquier came to the United States to attend an Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. Leveraging their common French background, Williams strikes up a conversation with Bertrand Serlet, who at the time was SVP of Software at Apple. Convinced in the potential of the technology, Bertrand becomes the first committed investor/advisor and introduces Williams to his friend, Louis Monier, founder of Alta Vista and generally recognized as one of the fathers of Internet search. Five Apes is born.