# Frode Lundgren (slim)

> Frode Lundgren is founder and CTO. Vespa on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and CTO.

Frode Lundgren is a founder and the CTO of Vespa.ai, the search and vector database company that Yahoo spun out in 2023. He has more than 20 years of experience managing teams and products that use and operate large-scale Vespa applications.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frodelu/

## What Frode builds

- [Vespa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vespa.md), graded BB, 70/100, in Retrieval & vector search. Vespa is an open-source search engine from Vespa.ai AS for vector, text and hybrid retrieval with ranking, run self-hosted or on Vespa Cloud. Agents reach it through HTTP query and document APIs, the Vespa CLI and a Python client. Founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Jon Bratseth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jon-bratseth/), Founder and CEO; architect and main contributor
- [Kim O. Johansen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kim-o-johansen/), Co-founder, Vespa.ai AS
- [Kim Omar Johansen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kim-omar-johansen/), Founder and COO; board chair
- [Kristian Aune](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kristian-aune/), Founder and Head of Customer Success

## Backed by

- [Blossom Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blossom-capital/)
- [Yahoo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yahoo/)

## Questions

### Who is Frode Lundgren?

Frode Lundgren is a founder and the CTO of Vespa.ai, the search and vector database company that Yahoo spun out in 2023. He has more than 20 years of experience managing teams and products that use and operate large-scale Vespa applications.

### What does Vespa.ai AS make?

Anchor Terminal lists Vespa from Vespa.ai AS.

### Who has invested in Vespa.ai AS?

The sources our research read name Blossom Capital and Yahoo.

### How are Frode's tools graded?

Vespa is graded BB, 70 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://vespa.ai/company/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-bratseth-6a6585/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimomar/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/frodelu/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kraune/
- https://vespa.ai/
- https://vespa.ai/support/
- https://vespa.ai/get-in-touch/

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