Company
Date Published
Oct. 30, 2021
Author
Zilliz
Word count
362
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The SYNC 2021 conference, hosted by PingWest and themed on "Reshape the Future", recently concluded successfully. In the session "New Opportunities: How Asian Entrepreneurs Change the World", Charles Xie, CEO and founder of Zilliz, shared his experiences in founding Zilliz and achieving business success. Other presenters included Brad Bao, Co-founder and Chairman of Lime, Jun Pei, CEO and Co-founder of Cepton, and Lake Dai, Partner at LDV Partners Adjunct. Charles Xie is an experienced database expert who previously worked for Oracle's US headquarters before founding Zilliz, a company specializing in AI unstructured data processing and analysis systems. With $43 million financing led by Hillhouse Ventures, Zilliz set a record for the largest single Series B financing in the world of open source infrastructure software. Charles encouraged young entrepreneurs to challenge themselves and stay true to their ideas. Currently, Zilliz is developing a market and hiring talents in Silicon Valley.