Industry Leading Vector Database is Named to CB Insights’ 2025 AI 100 and Wins AI TechAward in Data Storage and Access
Qdrant, the high-performance, open-source vector database, today announced that it received two esteemed industry accolades. CB Insights named Qdrant to its ninth annual AI 100 list, honoring the 100 most promising private artificial intelligence companies globally. In addition, Qdrant won a 2025 AI TechAward in the "Data Storage and Access" category, to be presented at the upcoming AI DevSummit 2025 in San Francisco, CA.
“We are honored to receive both of these recognitions,” said Andre Zayarni, CEO of Qdrant. “The distinctions reflect our commitment to pioneering the highest performance, most scalable vector search that is transforming how everyone from startups to enterprises power and scale next generation AI applications.”
The CB Insights list recognizes early—and mid-stage startups that lead the way in applying AI across industries and architectures.
“The AI 100 winners are future movers and shakers, taking big swings that will shape the future of AI,” said Manlio Carrelli, CEO at CB Insights. “This year’s cohort is pushing AI applications from emerging to having emerged, working on everything from AI agents for complex processes to security and robotics. They’ve also zeroed in on new and promising technologies that might not be on the radar of many enterprises — multi-agent systems, novel computing and data curation approaches, and physical AI.”
The CB Insights research team picked winning companies based on CB Insights datasets, including deal activity, industry partnerships, team strength, investor strength, employee headcount, analyst briefings and proprietary Commercial Maturity and Mosaic scores. The 100 winners include 21 startups in AI agent platforms and infrastructure, 12 in AI observability and governance, and 12 in physical AI technology and building blocks.
The 2025 AI TechAward spotlights top developer tools and technologies.
“Qdrant’s win showcases their leading role in the growth and innovation across the software industry,” said Jonathan Pasky, Executive Producer of DevNetwork, producer of AI DevSummit and the AI TechAwards. Winners were selected by an expert-led advisory board.
Qdrant powers thousands of top AI solutions, handling billions of vectors at scale to deliver high-performance search for AI applications. It recently expanded its enterprise capabilities with new cloud features, strengthening AI workloads for large-scale deployments. It also recently launched the first platform-independent GPU-accelerated vector indexing for real-time AI applications. Such innovations have helped expand Qdrant's open-source project past 12 million installs. Qdrant also offers flexible deployment across open-source, managed, and hybrid cloud environments, and is trusted by leading enterprises such as HubSpot, Deutsche Telekom, and Bosch.
About Qdrant
Qdrant is the leading, high-performance, scalable, open-source vector database, essential for building the next generation of AI/ML applications. Qdrant is able to handle billions of vectors and is implemented in Rust for performance, memory safety, and scale. Recently, Qdrant’s open-source project surpassed 12 million installs and earned a place in The Forrester Wave™: Vector Databases, Q3 2024. The company was also recognized as one of Europe’s top 10 startups in Sifted’s 2024 B2B SaaS Rising 100, an annual ranking of the most promising B2B SaaS companies valued under $1 billion.
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“Qdrant’s win showcases their leading role in the growth and innovation across the software industry”
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