# Ash Ashutosh

> Ash Ashutosh is CEO at Pinecone. Pinecone API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

CEO, Pinecone.

Ash Ashutosh became chief executive of Pinecone in September 2025. He founded three storage and data infrastructure companies, Serano Systems, AppIQ and Actifio, and has been CTO of HP's storage division, a partner at Greylock and Global Director of Solution Sales at Google.

## What Ash builds

- [Pinecone API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pinecone.md), graded BB, 77.2/100, in Retrieval & vector search. Managed, closed-source vector database with serverless indexes. CEO, Pinecone, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Edo Liberty](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edo-liberty/), Founder and Chief Scientist, Pinecone, CEO until September 2025

## Backed by

- [Wing Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wing-venture-capital/)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)

## Questions

### Who is Ash Ashutosh?

Ash Ashutosh became chief executive of Pinecone in September 2025. He founded three storage and data infrastructure companies, Serano Systems, AppIQ and Actifio, and has been CTO of HP's storage division, a partner at Greylock and Global Director of Solution Sales at Google.

### What does Pinecone make?

Anchor Terminal lists Pinecone API + MCP from Pinecone. Managed, closed-source vector database with serverless indexes.

### Who has invested in Pinecone?

The sources our research read name Wing Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ.

### How are Ash's tools graded?

Pinecone API + MCP is graded BB, 77.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.pinecone.io/company/
- https://edoliberty.com/index.html
- https://www.pinecone.io/
- https://www.pinecone.io/contact/

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