Qdrant, founded in 2021, builds the high-performance vector database that underpins next-generation AI applications. Its open-source, Rust-based engine is engineered for speed and reliability, capable of processing billions of vectors. This technical foundation has driven significant adoption, with over 10 million downloads and 23,000 GitHub stars, establishing Qdrant as a critical piece of infrastructure in fields like e-commerce, healthcare, and AI development.
The company operates across a distributed team of over 75 people in more than 20 countries. Its technical scope encompasses vector search, semantic search, multi-modal retrieval, and the enabling of AI agents, addressing the complex challenge of high-dimensional data search. A core mission to build the most scalable vector search engine to fuel the future of AI unifies this global effort.
Beyond the open-source project, Qdrant offers a managed cloud solution that allows developers to deploy production-ready vector search rapidly. This positions the company at the confluence of open-source software and scalable cloud services, providing the tools for developers to build sophisticated retrieval systems across a range of demanding industry applications.
