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  "markdown": "Founder and CEO, Zilliz.\n\nCharles 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 \u0026 Data Foundation and chaired it in 2020 and 2021. Earlier he was a founding engineer on Oracle's 12c cloud database project.\n\n## What Charles builds\n\n- [Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/milvus-zilliz.md), graded C, 57.4/100, in Retrieval \u0026 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 2026-10-28.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Hillhouse](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hillhouse/)\n- [TBP Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tbp-capital/)\n- [Morningside](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/morningside/)\n- [Yunqi Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yunqi-partners/)\n- [Aramco Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aramco-ventures/)\n- [Pavilion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pavilion-capital/)\n- [5Y Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/5y-capital/)\n- [Trustbridge Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/trustbridge-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Charles Xie?\n\nCharles 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 \u0026 Data Foundation and chaired it in 2020 and 2021. Earlier he was a founding engineer on Oracle's 12c cloud database project.\n\n### What does Zilliz make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### Who has invested in Zilliz?\n\nThe sources our research read name Hillhouse, TBP Capital, Morningside, Yunqi Partners, Aramco Ventures, Pavilion Capital, 5Y Capital and Trustbridge Partners.\n\n### How are Charles's tools graded?\n\nMilvus 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.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://zilliz.com/\n- https://zilliz.com/authors/Charles_Xie\n- https://zilliz.com/about\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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