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LanceDB
Open-source, serverless vectordb for production-scale generative AI
About LanceDB
LanceDB is an open-source, serverless, and low-latency vector database created for AI applications. It is designed for efficient storage, retrieval, and management of vectors and multimodal data, enabling developers to build production-ready AI applications.
The database architecture separates compute and storage, which can lead to significant cost savings. It supports a range of indexing strategies to optimize query performance, including vector indexes for high-dimensional data. LanceDB offers hybrid search capabilities, allowing for a combination of semantic search and full-text search, which are executed as point lookups within the database.
The company provides comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and examples for Python, JavaScript, and Rust, along with guides for serverless deployments and integrations. For enterprise clients, LanceDB offers a cloud platform with features like fine-grained data evolution at a petabyte scale and advanced security. The business model appears to be open-source driven, with a managed cloud offering (LanceDB Cloud) for enterprise customers, likely generating revenue through subscriptions or usage-based pricing for the managed service.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 55
- Open positions
- 10
- Dealroom signal
- 92.1/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- AI, Core AI, Generative AI, MLops, genAI Operation Layer, AI Model Training and Development, YC W22, DT and LS
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Jun 2025 | $30M | $120M | CRV · Runway · Zero Prime Ventures · Y Combinator | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | May 2024 | $8M | $32M | Essence Venture Capital · Swift Ventures · CRV · Wayfinder Ventures | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for LanceDB is 70K monthly website visits, down 19.5% over the last three months. LanceDB's team grew 57.1% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
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Seed5 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
CRV
Essence Venture Capital
Swift Ventures
Wayfinder Ventures
Series A4 investors entered at this stage
Theory Ventures
Runway
Zero Prime Ventures
Databricks Ventures
Other known investors2 additional known investors
E14 Fund
Rogue Capital Partners
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