Weaviate B.V.
Weaviate is an open-source, AI-native vector database and agentic platform built for semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
At a Glance
- Enterprise Developers
- MLOps Teams
- AI Startups
- E-commerce
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AI Tools by Weaviate B.V.
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Open Source AI Vector Database
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The core open-source AI-native vector database for semantic search and RAG.
Fully managed AI vector database service available as shared (Flex) or dedicated (Premium) deployments on GCP, AWS, and Azure.
A query-agent service allowing developers to build agentic workflows with a free-to-try tier.
Market Position
Positions itself as an 'AI-native' vector database, emphasizing ease of use for developers, rich integration with ML models (OpenAI, Hugging Face, Cohere), and the ability to handle structured and unstructured data simultaneously with hybrid search.
Leadership
Founders
Bob van Luijt
CEO. Creative background in art and music; former owner of a creative agency. Spun Weaviate (formerly SeMI Technologies) out of ING Labs.
Etienne Dilocker
CTO. Software engineer with a background in full-stack development and managing director at Dilocker Software Engineering.
Micha Verhagen
Co-founder and former CFO/COO. Previously held leadership roles at NXP Semiconductors and Klimmendaal.
Executive Team
Bob van Luijt
CEO
Entrepreneur and technologist, focused on semantic search and AI infrastructure.
Etienne Dilocker
CTO
Lead architect of the Weaviate database and technical co-founder.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Weaviate was founded in 2019 by Bob van Luijt, Etienne Dilocker, and Micha Verhagen. It originally spun out of ING Labs as SeMI Technologies. The vision was to create a database that could understand data in a semantic, human-like way, moving beyond traditional keyword search to meaning-based indexing.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open core model; makes money through Weaviate Cloud (SaaS/Managed Service) subscriptions and enterprise licenses/support.
Pricing Tiers
14-day free trial, core DB toolkit, hybrid search.
Shared cloud cluster, shared resources, 99.5% SLA.
Dedicated deployment, 99.95% SLA, HIPAA, PrivateLink, enterprise support.
Target Markets
- Enterprise Developers
- MLOps Teams
- AI Startups
- E-commerce
- Legal Tech
- Healthcare
- Semantic search engines
- Recommendation systems
- Question-answering (RAG)
- E-commerce product discovery
- Legal and research document analysis
- Agentic AI workflows
- Stack Overflow
- ING
- Red Hat
- Instabase