# Charles Xie

> Charles Xie is founder and CEO of Zilliz. Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder and CEO, Zilliz.

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 Charles builds

- [Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/milvus-zilliz.md), graded C, 57.4/100, in 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 2026-10-28.

## Backed by

- [Hillhouse](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hillhouse/)
- [TBP Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tbp-capital/)
- [Morningside](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/morningside/)
- [Yunqi Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yunqi-partners/)
- [Aramco Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aramco-ventures/)
- [Pavilion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pavilion-capital/)
- [5Y Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/5y-capital/)
- [Trustbridge Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/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.

## Sources

- https://zilliz.com/
- https://zilliz.com/authors/Charles_Xie
- https://zilliz.com/about

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