Zilliz
Zilliz is a leading provider of vector database technologies, offering both open-source and fully managed services. Their flagship product, Milvus, is the world's most popular open-source vector database, trusted by over 10,000 enterprises and boasting more than 67 million downloads. Zilliz Cloud, a fully-managed service, simplifies the deployment and scaling of vector search applications, making it ideal for AI-driven insights across various industries. With a strong focus on performance, scalability, and security, Zilliz aims to empower organizations to harness unstructured data effectively, supporting major cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Zilliz
Zilliz is a leading provider of vector database technologies, offering both open-source and fully managed services. Their flagship product, Milvus, is the world's most popular open-source vector database, trusted by over 10,000 enterprises and boasting more than 67 million downloads. Zilliz Cloud, a fully-managed service, simplifies the deployment and scaling of vector search applications, making it ideal for AI-driven insights across various industries. With a strong focus on performance, scalability, and security, Zilliz aims to empower organizations to harness unstructured data effectively, supporting major cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.
TL;DR
Flagship product: Milvus — open-source vector database for similarity search
Managed service: Zilliz Cloud — managed, cloud-native vector database for GenAI/RAG
Founder & CEO: Charles Xie
Founded: May 2017
Funding (total): USD 113,000,000 (reported as of 2022-08-24)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Similarity search and retrieval over unstructured data for AI applications, including retrieval-augmented generation.
Founded
2017
Industry
Data infrastructure / AI infrastructure
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
USD 43,000,000
Reported Series B closing; TechCrunch reported to-date funding after this round as more than $53M.
USD 60,000,000
Described in reporting as an extension to the prior Series B, bringing total reported funding to USD 113M as of this date.
Investor Signal
“Backed by institutional investors including Hillhouse Capital (lead on 2020 Series B) and Prosperity7 Ventures (lead on 2022 extension); reported participation from Pavilion Capital (Temasek), 5Y Capital, Trustbridge Partners, and Yunqi Partners.”