# James Luan

> James Luan is CTO. Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-29

CTO.

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 James 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. CTO, researched 2026-10-29.

## Works with

- [Charles Xie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/charles-xie/), Founder and CEO

## 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/)
- [Temasek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/temasek/)
- [5Y Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/5y-capital/)
- [Trustbridge Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/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.

## Sources

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

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