[1] The Lucidworks founding technical team consisted of Marc Krellenstein, Grant Ingersoll, Erik Hatcher, and Yonik Seeley,[1] in addition to advisor Doug Cutting.

They offer their Lucidworks Fusion platform for designing, building, and deploying big data applications, in addition to subscriptions for support, training, and integration services for open source search software.

[8] According to a VentureBeat article, Chief Executive Paul Doscher was "replaced with former Splunk business-development director Will Hayes, who had no C-level experience.

"[9] Multiple sources and former employees stated that the company had not increased annual sales[citation needed], and Will Hayes allegedly sought to "move LucidWorks up from its home in Redwood City, California, to San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood."

[10] The company received Series A funding from Basis Technology, Granite Ventures, and Walden International in September 2008; In-Q-Tel is a strategic investor.