Building a listed tool
James Luan
CTO, named behind the Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What James 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.
CTO, researched 29 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Charles Xie Founder and CEO
Backed by
Hillhouse TBP Capital Morningside Yunqi Partners Aramco Ventures Temasek 5Y Capital Trustbridge Partners
Questions
Who is James Luan?
James Luan is the chief technology officer of Zilliz. He was earlier a database engineer at Oracle, Hedvig and Alibaba Cloud, where he worked on HBase and on Lindorm, a NoSQL database, and he sits on the Technical Advisory Committee of the LF AI & Data Foundation.
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, Temasek, 5Y Capital and Trustbridge Partners.
How are James'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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