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Chroma

Chroma Inc.·Trychroma.com
Company Overview

As of July 21, 2026: Chroma is an open-source vector and hybrid search infrastructure for developers, with a free tier and 99.98% actual uptime over the last 90 days.

The platform covers vector, full-text, regex, and metadata search across up to 1 million collections per database and 5 million records per collection, with 11 integrations and SOC 2 Type II in place. Pricing starts at $0, steps to $250/month for Team, and adds usage-based charges at $2.50/GiB for writes and $0.33/GiB/month for storage, so costs scale directly with data volume.

High confidence · 116 dated facts
Corroborated across 10 dimensions of the record.
uptime 90d
99.98%
Jul 2026
open roles
6
Jul 2026
integrations
11
Jul 2026
technologies
19
observed
dated changes
120
Jul 2026
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PricingHigh confidence · 14 dated facts
Corroborated across multiple dated, sourced facts.
Self-serve, free tier
The Starter tier is free, Team runs $250/month, and Enterprise is contact-sales, putting the annual ceiling at roughly $3k before usage charges kick in. A developer building at scale should model write and storage costs early: $2.50/GiB on writes and $0.33/GiB/month on storage add up faster than the flat tier fee at meaningful data volumes.
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Features
Hybrid search platform
Write throughput is capped at 30 MB/s per collection and concurrent reads at 10 per collection, so read-heavy or high-parallelism workloads need to be tested against those limits before committing. The 11 integrations and 31 stated capabilities cover the common AI pipeline stack, but buyers should verify their specific toolchain is on the list.
High confidence · 46 dated facts
Corroborated across multiple dated, sourced facts.Full read →
Security
Baseline security
SOC 2 Type II is confirmed, and the 7 controls include encryption at rest, encryption in transit, and SSO. That clears the baseline procurement bar for most mid-market buyers; enterprise buyers with stricter requirements should ask about controls beyond those seven.
Medium confidence · 8 dated facts
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Reliability
Dependable
99.98% actual uptime over 90 days with zero incidents is a clean record, and the status page currently shows operational. This is observed performance, not just a stated SLA, which is a meaningful distinction.
High confidence · 3 dated facts
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Hiring
6 open roles
Six open roles span sales, engineering, and design. The mix suggests the company is building out go-to-market alongside the product, though remote policy is not stated, which matters for candidates outside San Francisco.
High confidence · 5 dated facts
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Stack
Detected + stated stack
The live site runs Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and Vercel. Job postings state Python, Rust, Go, and Kubernetes as backend technologies. Rust and Go in the backend stack are consistent with a performance-focused infrastructure product.
High confidence · 25 dated facts
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Positioning
Search Infrastructure
The homepage headline is 'Open-source search infrastructure for AI' with an Apache 2.0 license called out explicitly. That license means buyers can self-host without legal exposure to proprietary terms, which is a concrete option for teams that cannot send data to a managed service.
High confidence · 4 dated facts
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Funding
$18M raised across 2 rounds
Chroma has raised $18M across two rounds, with the most recent being an $18M Seed closed in April 2023 led by Astasia Myers. No funding has been announced since then, so buyers evaluating long-term vendor stability should factor in the time elapsed since that round.
Medium confidence · 7 dated facts
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Location
San Francisco, CA
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with work model not stated publicly. Buyers that require on-site support or have geographic vendor requirements should confirm directly.
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Legal
Chroma Inc.
The registered entity is Chroma Inc., and the terms include a mandatory-arbitration clause and a class-action waiver. Buyers whose legal teams flag arbitration clauses should negotiate terms before signing, as these provisions limit dispute options.
Medium confidence · 3 dated facts
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Change History120 dated events on the record
Funding details changed: Round Pre Seed Lead
Funding details changed: Round Pre Seed Investors
Feature added: Facebook
Feature added: Google Analytics
Feature added: Linkedin
Feature added: PostHog
Feature added: Twitter
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