Jason Bosco

Jason Bosco is the CEO and Co-Founder of Typesense, an open-source search engine optimized for performance and ease of use.12 Here are some key details about Jason Bosco:

Professional Experience

• Typesense

  • CEO & Co-Founder (February 2020 - Present)
  • Co-Founder (January 2016 - January 2020)

• Wreally

  • Co-Founder (July 2008 - Present)

• Verishop

  • VP of Technology (December 2018 - January 2020)

• Dollar Shave Club

  • VP of Engineering (October 2016 - December 2018)
  • Director of Engineering, Core Platform & Infrastructure (October 2015 - October 2016)
  • Lead Software Engineer (October 2012 - September 2015)

Typesense Background

Jason and his co-founder started Typesense as a nights and weekends project in 2015.2 They open-sourced it in 2018 and launched the commercial aspect, Typesense Cloud, in September 2020.4 The project was born out of their own frustrations with setting up Elasticsearch clusters.4

Approach to Business

Jason advocates for a revenue-funded approach to building Typesense, eschewing venture capital funding.2 They initially funded the project through other side projects and only transitioned to working on it full-time after five years of development.3

Philosophy

Jason emphasizes the importance of open-source for developer tools and aims to democratize access to good instant-search technology.4 Typesense uses a GPL license, encouraging community contributions and value-sharing rather than maximizing value capture for a single entity.3

Skills and Interests

While primarily a back-end engineer, Jason has developed an interest in UI design and frontend development over time.4 He values community contributions and is open to partnerships for building integrations and client libraries for Typesense.4