# Bob van Luijt (slim)

> Bob van Luijt is co-founder and CEO. Weaviate API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

Bob van Luijt is co-founder and CEO of Weaviate, the company behind the open-source vector database.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/

## What Bob builds

- [Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weaviate.md), graded B, 68.1/100, in Retrieval & vector search. Open-source vector database written in Go, run yourself or on Weaviate Cloud. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Etienne Dilocker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/etienne-dilocker/), Co-founder and CTO

## Backed by

- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)
- [NEA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nea/)
- [Cortical Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cortical-ventures/)
- [Zetta Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zetta-venture-partners/)
- [ING](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ing/)
- [GTM Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gtm-fund/)
- [Scale Asia Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scale-asia-ventures/)
- [Alex van Leeuwen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alex-van-leeuwen/)

## Questions

### Who is Bob van Luijt?

Bob van Luijt is co-founder and CEO of Weaviate, the company behind the open-source vector database.

### What does Weaviate make?

Anchor Terminal lists Weaviate API + MCP from Weaviate.

### Who has invested in Weaviate?

The sources our research read name Index Ventures, Battery Ventures, NEA, Cortical Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, ING, GTM Fund, Scale Asia Ventures and Alex van Leeuwen.

### How are Bob's tools graded?

Weaviate API + MCP is graded B, 68.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://weaviate.io/company/about-us
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/
- https://de.linkedin.com/in/etienne-dilocker-60727b175
- https://weaviate.io/
- https://docs.weaviate.io/support
- https://weaviate.io/contact

These 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.