Founder of a listed tool
Kim O. Johansen
Co-founder, Vespa.ai AS, named behind the Vespa listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Kim builds
Vespa BB · 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.
Co-founder, Vespa.ai AS, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Frode Lundgren Founder and CTO
- Jon Bratseth Founder and CEO; architect and main contributor
- Kim Omar Johansen Founder and COO; board chair
- Kristian Aune Founder and Head of Customer Success
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Questions
Who is Kim O. Johansen?
Kim O. Johansen is a founder and the COO of Vespa.ai, the search and vector database company that Yahoo spun out as an independent business in 2023. He has more than 20 years of experience managing the development of large distributed systems.
What does Vespa.ai AS make?
Anchor Terminal lists Vespa from Vespa.ai AS. 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.
Who has invested in Vespa.ai AS?
The sources our research read name Blossom Capital and Yahoo.
How are Kim's tools graded?
Vespa is graded BB, 70 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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