About Waterflai

The shortest path from
Data to Intelligence.

We believe your best ideas shouldn't die in the backlog. Waterflai removes the technical barriers so you can build AI applications at the speed of thought.

Born in Paris.
Built for the World.
STATION
F
Incubated at Station F
Backed by Google for Startups
The Philosophy

The "Build Trap" is
killing innovation.

We live in a paradox. AI models are becoming commodity accessible, yet building production-grade applications remains brutally hard.

Companies spend millions building data pipelines and managing vector infrastructure just to get started. Product teams wait months for basic prototypes.

Waterflai flips this equation. We don't ask you to migrate your data. We connect to your existing vector stores and orchestrate the intelligence layer, so you can deploy in minutes.

Your Vector Data
Pinecone, Milvus, ... (Zero Copy)
Waterflai Orchestration
Model Agnostic Logic Layer
Instant App
Web Component / REST API

Forged in the Trenches

Waterflai wasn't built in a vacuum. It was built from frustration.

Tarek Makaila - Founder & CEO of Waterflai

Tarek Makaila

Founder & CEO

IMT Atlantique ESSEC Politecnico di Milano
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The Engineering Roots

Starting as a Data Engineer in deep tech, I built recommendation engines and navigated the nightmares of GDPR compliance. I learned firsthand that 80% of "AI work" is actually just moving data plumbing—cleaning pipelines instead of building value.

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The Product Pivot

Moving to Product Management at a high-growth scale-up, I sat on the other side. We had incredible ideas for personalized AI, but every initiative hit the "Engineering Wall." The backend took months to catch up to the vision.

The Waterflai Solution

I founded Waterflai to bridge that specific gap. To give Product teams the power of Engineering, without the wait time. It's the platform I wished I had in my previous life.

The Waterflai Standard

We aren't just building a tool; we are building a new operating system for product teams.

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Ship or Die

The gap between idea and execution is where startups fail. We obsess over speed. Deploy via Web Component or REST API in under 60 seconds.

Sovereignty First

Your data stays where it belongs. We connect directly to your existing vector stores (Pinecone, Milvus, etc.)—no migration required.

Model Agnostic

Don't lock your future into one provider. Switch between OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini instantly without rewriting a single line of code.

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