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Nikolay and Michael discuss the Postgres startup ecosystem — some recent closures, some recent fundraising announcements, and their thoughts on where things are going and what they'd like to see. Here are some links to things they mentioned:
Prediction from Dax Raad https://x.com/thdxr/status/1808972166752580039OtterTune shut down https://x.com/andy_pavlo/status/1801687420330770841Snaplet shutting down https://www.snaplet.dev/post/snaplet-is-shutting-downbit.io shut down https://blog.bit.io/whats-next-for-bit-io-joining-databricks-ace9a40bce0d?gi=8ef885454eefTimescale acquired PopSQL https://www.timescale.com/blog/best-postgresql-gui-popsql-joins-timescaleAiven https://aiven.ioHasura https://hasura.ioSupabase https://supabase.comNeon https://neon.techTembo https://tembo.ioFerretDB https://www.ferretdb.comHydra https://www.hydra.sopgEdge https://www.pgedge.comTembo raised $14m https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/08/database-startup-tembo-lands-new-cash-to-expandRy Walker’s Cybertruck with STARTUP license plate https://x.com/rywalker/status/1810061804380557516 Supabase acquired OrioleDB https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-acquires-orioleMichael Stonebraker Turing Award Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGeKi6T6QIMicrosoft acquired Citus https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/01/24/microsoft-acquires-citus-data-re-affirming-its-commitment-to-open-source-and-accelerating-azure-postgresql-performance-and-scaleCrunchy Bridge https://www.crunchydata.com/products/crunchy-bridgePeerDB https://www.peerdb.ioParadeDB https://www.paradedb.compganalyze https://pganalyze.comDBeaver https://dbeaver.ioPostico / Egger Apps https://eggerapps.at/postico2Postgres Compare https://www.postgrescompare.comCoroot https://coroot.comokmeter https://okmeter.ioSlides from Nikolay’s talk on monitoring https://bit.ly/pg-monitoring Nile https://www.thenile.devUbicloud https://www.ubicloud.com
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Postgres FM is produced by:
Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
With special thanks to:
Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork
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