# Etienne Dilocker

> Etienne Dilocker is co-founder and CTO. Weaviate API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CTO.

Etienne Dilocker is co-founder and CTO of Weaviate, the company behind the open-source vector database, founded as SeMI Technologies. He was its founding engineer and built the first product by hand, then grew into engineering team lead and VP of Engineering before taking the CTO role.

- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/etienne-dilocker-60727b175

## What Etienne 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 CTO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Bob van Luijt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-van-luijt/), Co-founder and CEO

## 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 Etienne Dilocker?

Etienne Dilocker is co-founder and CTO of Weaviate, the company behind the open-source vector database, founded as SeMI Technologies. He was its founding engineer and built the first product by hand, then grew into engineering team lead and VP of Engineering before taking the CTO role.

### What does Weaviate make?

Anchor Terminal lists Weaviate API + MCP from Weaviate. Open-source vector database written in Go, run yourself or on Weaviate Cloud.

### 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 Etienne'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

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