
LanceDB is a developer-friendly, open source database for multimodal AI. From hyper scalable vector search to advanced retrieval for RAG, from streaming training data to interactive exploration of…

LanceDB is a developer-friendly, open source database for multimodal AI. From hyper scalable vector search to advanced retrieval for RAG, from streaming training data to interactive exploration of…
What they do: Open-source multimodal lakehouse and vector database for large-scale AI workloads
Founded / HQ: Launched 2022; headquartered in San Francisco
Founders: Chang She (CEO) and Lei Xu (CTO)
Funding: Series A $30M (Jun 24, 2025); total funding reported ~$41M
Team size: ~24 employees
Data infrastructure for multimodal and generative AI applications (vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, model training pipelines).
2022
Databases / AI infrastructure
Seed round mentioned as led by CRV (May 2024 / June 2024 announcement)
30000000.00
Series A announced June 24, 2025 with participation from CRV, Databricks Ventures, Y Combinator, Runway, Zero Prime, and Swift Ventures
“Investors include Theory Ventures (lead, Series A), CRV, Databricks Ventures, Y Combinator, Runway, Zero Prime, and Swift Ventures”
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LanceDB is a developer-friendly, open-source database for multimodal AI. From hyper-scalable vector search to advanced retrieval for RAG, from streaming training data to interactive exploration of large-scale AI datasets, LanceDB is the best foundation for your AI application, and powers some of the most groundbreaking and challenging applications today.
We’re seeking an experienced Front End Engineer to join our world-class team, polishing the user experience of the frontier of high-performance vector databases in the cloud.
LanceDB was created by experts with decades of experience building tools for data science and machine learning. From co-authors of Pandas to Apache PMC of HDFS, Arrow, Iceberg and HBase, the LanceDB team has created open source tools used by millions world-wide.
LanceDB is committed to equitable and competitive compensation. Actual compensation is determined based on factors such as skills, experience, location, and the interview process.
In addition to base salary, new hires receive compelling equity grants and access to a comprehensive benefits package including:
Join us to build the AI infrastructure the future depends on.
Compensation Range: $160K - $220K
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