About Us | Spice AI

Powering the next generation of applications

We're a team of builders and engineers delivering a unified data and AI engine that enables developers to deploy intelligent applications anywhere.

Our mission

With Spice AI, developers no longer need to be data or AI, or ML experts to build AI-driven software. Our mission is to help every developer leverage the latest technology and infrastructure to build the next generation of applications.

Our vision

We believe AI-driven applications will have a profoundly positive impact on the way businesses operate and how we all live. Our vision is to enable and accelerate the creation of these applications to improve outcomes for businesses and individuals alike.

Meet the founders

Spice AI's founders have spent years building developer platforms, distributed systems, and cloud-native services at a global scale. They bring firsthand experience of the challenges developers face and a shared commitment to solving them.

Luke Kim
Founder and CEO
Over the last 15 years, Luke has brought together the best builders and engineers across the globe to create developer-focused experiences through tools and technologies used by millions worldwide. Before founding Spice AI, Luke was the founding manager and co-creator of Azure Incubations at Microsoft, where he led cross-functional engineering teams to create and develop technologies like Dapr.

Phillip LeBlanc
Founder and CTO
Phillip has spent a decade building some of the largest distributed systems and big data platforms used by millions worldwide. Before co-founding Spice AI, Phillip was both an engineering manager and IC working on distributed systems at GitHub and Microsoft. Phillip has contributed to services developers use every day, including GitHub Actions, Azure Active Directory, and Visual Studio App Center.

Our values

Our values guide how we build, collaborate, and serve the developers who rely on us. They reflect who we are as a team and how we show up every day to advance the future of data and AI.

Lead the way
Leading the way requires each of us to be a leader - to take ownership, provide clarity, and progress towards realizing our vision.

Work as one
We trust, respect, and encourage each other through every challenge, and celebrate every success together.

Empower developers
We're dedicated to delivering the greatest developer experiences imaginable.

Integrity, accountability, and congruency
Judged by actions. Walk your talk.

Simplicity is perfection
We deliver the simplest solutions possible. Simple means less pain for developers, lower costs, and less labor.

Vectors over scalars
Velocity, direction, and momentum matter more than point values. Continuous improvement.

Backed by Incredible Investors and Advisors

Innovators who've built and scaled the foundational technologies behind modern applications.

Nat Friedman
Investor

Mark Russinovich
CTO, Deputy CISO and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure

Thomas Dohmke
CEO of Entire, ex-CEO of GitHub

Sarah Novotny
Advisor

David Siegel
Founder and CEO of Glide

David Aronchick
Founder and CEO of Expanso

Joe McCann
Founder, CEO & CIO of Asymmetric

Rob Skillington
Co-Founder & CTO of Chronosphere

Help shape the next generation of intelligent software

Spice AI is building the world's most powerful open-source data and AI engine. We're a small, high-impact team working across distributed systems, query engines, AI, open-source tooling, and modern developer experience. If you love solving complex problems in fast-paced environments and care deeply for your craft, you'll fit right in.

See Spice in action

Walk through your use case with an engineer and see how Spice handles federation, acceleration, and AI integration for production workloads.