One of the co-founders of French AI photo editing app Photoroom is standing down from his executive role at the Y Combinator alumni startup.
Eliot Andres founded Paris-based Photoroom with CEO Matthieu Rouif in 2019, with the aim of democratising photo editing with an easy-to-use photo editing app. Photoroom leverages AI to help brands and individual sellers edit shots into professional-looking visuals in seconds.
Andres has spent the bulk of his time as CTO at Photoroom but transitioned to a contributor role this year.
Confirming his departure on LinkedIn, Andres said: "After seven years, I’m stepping down from my executive role at Photoroom. I’ll remain involved in strategic decisions as a board member. There is no perfect time for a founder to step back, but I'm confident the time is right.
"In our Y Combinator application, we wrote: ‘Our long-term goal is to allow anyone to make professional edits without any training.’ This dream is finally becoming a reality, thanks to our work and advances in AI.”
On what’s next, Andres said: “I’m taking a bit of time to reflect on my next projects. They won’t stray far from AI or apps.”
Rouif said: “Excited to keep partnering with you as a founder and board member.”
Andres is being replaced as CTO by Javier Sotelo, a former Groupon executive who joined Photoroom at the start of the year.
Photoroom, valued at €500m, raised €43m in 2024 in a Series B funding round. Its enterprise clients include DoorDash, Wolt and Decathlon.
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