LanceDB
LanceDB is a technology company based in San Francisco, founded in 2022. It specializes in developing a developer-friendly, open-source vector database tailored for multimodal AI applications. The company's core product acts as an AI-native Multimodal Lakehouse, enabling the storage and search of various data types, including text, images, videos, and PDFs, using the proprietary Lance columnar data format. LanceDB offers three primary service editions: LanceDB Open Source (OSS), a free serverless vector database; LanceDB Cloud, a hosted version that simplifies infrastructure management; and LanceDB Enterprise, designed for teams needing scalable and controlled solutions. The platform supports hybrid search and integrates with popular AI tools, making it suitable for enterprise-scale teams and developers. Key customers include Midjourney, Character.AI, Netflix, Uber, Runway, and Exa, all utilizing LanceDB for their AI applications and data management needs.