Leila Boujnane, Co–Founder & CEO

lboujnane (at) ideeinc.com

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Leila Boujnane is the co-founder and CEO of Idée Inc, a firm focused on large scale image search. Idée launched TinEye the world's first reverse image search engine. Our goal is to build useful image search solutions and to make the world's images searchable.

Leila began her career in software development at Algorithmics a financial risk management software company and brings a decade of software experience to her role at Idée. She is a supporter of Canada's startup community and a search innovation leader who has been featured in various publications including Canadian Business, the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post, Fast Company, The New York Times, CBC, The Guardian. She is also a novice ultra runner and terrible photographer.

Our Leadership

Our Advisory Board

  • Judy Blumstock Principal, Genesys Capital Partners
  • Dr. Sven Dickinson Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Paul Fieguth Professor, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • Steve Rosenberg Vice President R&D, Application Performance Management, Quest Software