# Kristian Aune (slim)

> Kristian Aune is founder and Head of Customer Success. Vespa on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and Head of Customer Success.

Kristian Aune is a founder of Vespa.ai and its head of customer success.

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

## What Kristian 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 Head of Customer Success, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Frode Lundgren](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/frode-lundgren/), Founder and CTO
- [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

## Backed by

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

## Questions

### Who is Kristian Aune?

Kristian Aune is a founder of Vespa.ai and its head of customer success.

### 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 Kristian'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/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.