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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO.\n\nAndrey Vasnetsov co-founded Qdrant and is its CTO. He wrote the first version of the Qdrant vector search engine from scratch in 2021, after he and André Zayarni found that libraries such as FAISS could not give their matching engine project the functionality and scale it needed, and published it on GitHub.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrey-vasnetsov-75268897/\n\n## What Andrey builds\n\n- [Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.md), graded BB, 73.3/100, in Retrieval \u0026 vector search. Open-source vector database written in Rust, run yourself or on Qdrant Cloud. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [André Zayarni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andre-zayarni/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Unusual Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/unusual-ventures/)\n- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)\n- [42CAP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/42cap/)\n- [AVP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/avp/)\n- [Bosch Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bosch-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Andrey Vasnetsov?\n\nAndrey Vasnetsov co-founded Qdrant and is its CTO. He wrote the first version of the Qdrant vector search engine from scratch in 2021, after he and André Zayarni found that libraries such as FAISS could not give their matching engine project the functionality and scale it needed, and published it on GitHub.\n\n### What does Qdrant make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Qdrant API + MCP from Qdrant. Open-source vector database written in Rust, run yourself or on Qdrant Cloud.\n\n### Who has invested in Qdrant?\n\nThe sources our research read name Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, 42CAP, AVP and Bosch Ventures.\n\n### How are Andrey's tools graded?\n\nQdrant API + MCP is graded BB, 73.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://qdrant.tech/about-us/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/zayarni/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrey-vasnetsov-75268897/\n- https://x.com/qdrant_engine\n- https://qdrant.tech/contact-us/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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