James Luan
Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Zilliz, known for leading work on Milvus and vector database infrastructure that powers retrieval-augmented AI systems and multimodal search.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 41min
Unlocking AI Vector Databases with James Luan, Zilliz CPO | EP 130
James Luan, Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Zilliz, who helped build Milvus and vector database infrastructure. He explains why vector databases are central to modern AI, how retrieval augments LLMs, and the mechanics behind RAG, hallucinations, and long-term memory for agents. He also discusses scaling production-grade systems, MCP as a tool layer, and practical developer productivity wins.
