---
title: "LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/lancedb-which-counts-midjourney-as-a-customer-is-building-databases-for-multimodal-ai-cjpy7ml70
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/15/lancedb-which-counts-midjourney-as-a-customer-is-building-databases-for-multimodal-ai/
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2024-05-15T10:04:43.886Z
updated: 2024-05-15T10:04:42.903Z
tags: ["open-source", "backend", "big-data", "multimodal"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# LanceDB, which counts Midjourney as a customer, is building databases for multimodal AI

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

LanceDB is an open source database software designed to support multimodal AI models. It provides better flexibility, performance, and scalability compared to other vector databases. LanceDB makes money by selling fully managed versions of its software with added features.

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Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#big-data](https://daily.dev/tags/big-data), [#multimodal](https://daily.dev/tags/multimodal)

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