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Chroma

Chroma is an open-source vector database platform that provides vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search capabilities for AI applications. The platform supports semantic similarity search, lexical search, and filtering, enabling developers to build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and other AI-powered search applications. Chroma offers dataset versioning, command-line tools, and client libraries,…

📍 San Francisco, United States · Database Technology,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeed
Amount$18M
Date17 April 2023
Total raised$18M
Team size110

About

Chroma is an open-source vector database platform that provides vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search capabilities for AI applications. The platform supports semantic similarity search, lexical search, and filtering, enabling developers to build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and other AI-powered search applications. Chroma offers dataset versioning, command-line tools, and client libraries, built on object storage with automatic data tiering for cost-effective scaling. The system is designed to integrate seamlessly with popular AI frameworks and large language model ecosystems, providing the data infrastructure layer that enables AI applications to store, search, and retrieve embeddings efficiently. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, Chroma has raised $18 million in seed funding from investors including Quiet Capital, AIX Ventures, Air Street Capital, and ACOF.

Business model

Database Technology > NoSQL > Vector Database,

AI Infrastructure > Enabling Technologies > Software > Vector Database

Team background

Company Wise > Facebook

Institutional investors

Quiet Capital AIX Ventures Air Street Capital ACOF Naval Ravikant Jack Altman Jordan Tigani Guillermo Rauch Amjad Masad Spencer Kimball Max Altman Akshay Kothari Anthony Goldbloom Nat Friedman James Cham

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