Chroma
Chroma is an open-source AI application database that provides embeddings, vector search, document storage, full-text search, metadata filtering, and multi-modal capabilities in a single platform. It aims to simplify the creation of AI applications by making knowledge pluggable for machine learning models. The company is focused on a public release of Chroma Cloud, which is built on their open-source distributed and serverless architecture and is currently in private preview. Their pricing is usage-based, with a starter plan at $0/month plus usage and free credits, a Team plan at $250/month plus usage and credits, and custom Enterprise plans.
Chroma
Chroma is an open-source AI application database that provides embeddings, vector search, document storage, full-text search, metadata filtering, and multi-modal capabilities in a single platform. It aims to simplify the creation of AI applications by making knowledge pluggable for machine learning models. The company is focused on a public release of Chroma Cloud, which is built on their open-source distributed and serverless architecture and is currently in private preview. Their pricing is usage-based, with a starter plan at $0/month plus usage and free credits, a Team plan at $250/month plus usage and credits, and custom Enterprise plans.
TL;DR
What they do: Open-source Apache 2.0 vector search/database (ChromaDB) plus managed Chroma Cloud
Business model: Managed cloud with usage-based pricing (free starter tier, paid Team and Enterprise plans)
Funding: $20.3M total disclosed funding (latest round/seed activity in 2023)
Team size: About 86 employees
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Vector search and retrieval infrastructure for AI applications (document storage, embeddings, search, and filtering).
Industry
AI infrastructure / developer tools
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
18000000.00
Company announced an $18M seed round with participation from multiple angel investors and founders.
1600000.00
Reported pre-seed financing listed in public data sources.
Reported €5.1M seed round in some sources; public sources disagree on timing/amounts.
Investor Signal
“Notable participation from high-profile angel investors and founders (including named angels such as Naval Ravikant, Sam Altman, Max and Jack Altman, Spencer Kimball, Amjad Masad, Akshay Kothari, Guillermo Rauch, Jordan Tigani).”