Founder of a listed tool
Charles Xie
Founder and CEO, Zilliz, named behind the Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Charles builds
Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP C · Retrieval & vector search
Milvus is the open-source (Apache-2.0, LF AI and Data) vector database, run embedded as Milvus Lite, standalone or distributed on Kubernetes.
Founder and CEO, Zilliz, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Backed by
Hillhouse TBP Capital Morningside Yunqi Partners Aramco Ventures Pavilion Capital 5Y Capital Trustbridge Partners
Questions
Who is Charles Xie?
Charles Xie founded Zilliz and is its CEO, and he invented Milvus, the open-source vector database the company builds on. He sits on the board of the LF AI & Data Foundation and chaired it in 2020 and 2021. Earlier he was a founding engineer on Oracle's 12c cloud database project.
What does Zilliz make?
Anchor Terminal lists Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP from Zilliz. Milvus is the open-source (Apache-2.0, LF AI and Data) vector database, run embedded as Milvus Lite, standalone or distributed on Kubernetes.
Who has invested in Zilliz?
The sources our research read name Hillhouse, TBP Capital, Morningside, Yunqi Partners, Aramco Ventures, Pavilion Capital, 5Y Capital and Trustbridge Partners.
How are Charles's tools graded?
Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP is graded C, 57.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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