Qdrant
Qdrant is a Berlin-based open-source vector search engine that turns neural network embeddings into applications for matching and recommending, with 150 employees and $88M in funding.
The growth story
Qdrant grew from 1 to 150 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $88M along the way, most recently a Series B in March 2026.
About
Qdrant provides an API service for searching high-dimensional vectors, enabling developers to build applications that match, recommend, and search unstructured data. Its technology is used to power AI-driven applications that rely on vector similarity search.
The company, founded in 2021, has raised $88M in funding, including a Series B round in 2026. With 150 employees, Qdrant is scaling its engineering team, which makes up 58% of its workforce.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Qdrant's workforce, accounting for 58% of its 150 employees. The company is led by a team with experience in AI and software development, supported by investors like Bosch Ventures and 42CAP.
The Qdrant org chart
Andre Zayarni (Co-founder & CEO) leads 33 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 63 (+47% YoY), Information Technology 10 (+67% YoY), Sales 8 (+167% YoY), Business Development 8 (+60% YoY), Marketing 8 (+33% YoY), Operations 6 (+20% YoY).
Talent flow
Qdrant hires heavily from database and analytics companies, with MongoDB, PlanetScale, and Arango being top talent sources. Alumni often move to AI and infrastructure startups, including LanceDB and deepset.
Most common previous employers of Qdrant staff: MongoDB (7), PlanetScale (6), Arango (5), New Relic (5), Elastic (4), MoBerries (3). Former Qdrant employees most often moved to Red Hat (2), LanceDB (2), easybits (1), Scalingo (1), deepset, makers of Haystack (1), Baseten (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Qdrant mafia
Qdrant alumni have founded five companies, including easybits, Altai.dev, and Scaled Focus, with easybits being the largest, employing seven staff.
5Terence Hielscher, was Co-Founder until 2024Yusuf Sarıgöz, was AI Research Engineer until 2023Nirant Kasliwal, was Artificial Intelligence Engineer until 2024Atita Arora, was Solutions Architect until 2024Sebastian Galonska, was Fractional Compliance Officer until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 25% direct, 59% search, 3% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Qdrant: Python (Programming Language) (62), SQL (45), Git (44), Linux (43), JavaScript (41), Java (41), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (38), Kubernetes (33).
Where the team actually sits
Qdrant people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (13), Germany (6), United States (5), Texas, United States (4).
Search footprint
Qdrant attracts about 3,599 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3K a month if bought through ads. It gained 417 ranking keywords and lost 441 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.50 / 5
Frequently asked
Qdrant has 150 employees as of September 2026.
Qdrant has raised $88M in total, most recently a Series B round in March 2026.
Qdrant was founded in 2021 by Andre Zayarni, Andrey Vasnetsov.
Andre Zayarni (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Qdrant's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Qdrant staff are MongoDB (7 people), PlanetScale (6 people), Arango (5 people).
Former Qdrant employees most often move to Red Hat (2), LanceDB (2), easybits (1).
At least 5 companies have a founder who previously worked at Qdrant, including easybits, Altai.dev, Scaled Focus.
Qdrant attracts about 3,599 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Qdrant staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Git, Linux, JavaScript.
Qdrant staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (13), Germany (6), United States (5).
Qdrant has about 63 people in Engineering, up 47% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Qdrant has about 10 people in Information Technology, up 67% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 113 current and 42 former Qdrant profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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