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  "markdown": "Founder, LanceDB.\n\nChang She founded LanceDB, an open-source serverless vector database for generative AI from Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch. Chang She was previously VP of engineering at Tubi, co-founder and CTO of DataPad, and the second major contributor to the pandas library, after working as a quant at AQR and Barclays.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/changshe\n- X: https://x.com/changhiskhan\n\n## What Chang builds\n\n- [LanceDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lancedb.md), graded B, 65.5/100, in Retrieval \u0026 vector search. Open-source embedded database on the Lance columnar format. Founder, LanceDB, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Theory Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/theory-ventures/)\n- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)\n- [Databricks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/)\n- [Runway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/runway/)\n- [Zero Prime Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zero-prime-ventures/)\n- [Swift Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/swift-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Chang She?\n\nChang She founded LanceDB, an open-source serverless vector database for generative AI from Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch. Chang She was previously VP of engineering at Tubi, co-founder and CTO of DataPad, and the second major contributor to the pandas library, after working as a quant at AQR and Barclays.\n\n### What does LanceDB make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists LanceDB from LanceDB. Open-source embedded database on the Lance columnar format.\n\n### Who has invested in LanceDB?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Theory Ventures, CRV, Databricks, Runway, Zero Prime Ventures and Swift Ventures.\n\n### How are Chang's tools graded?\n\nLanceDB is graded B, 65.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lancedb\n- https://www.lancedb.com/\n- https://www.lancedb.com/contact\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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