Planetscale

PlanetScale delivers a MySQL-compatible, horizontally sharded database that combines incredible scale and performance wi...

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What they do

Problem

Teams struggle to run and scale MySQL databases reliably as traffic grows, especially across distributed, high-performance workloads.

Solution

PlanetScale provides a MySQL-compatible, horizontally sharded cloud database that delivers high scale and performance with a developer-friendly experience.

Who it's for

Software developers and engineering teams at startups and enterprises building applications that need scalable MySQL.

Founders

Sugu Sougoumarane

Jiten Vaidya

Jiten is the co-founder and CSO of PlanetScale, where he previously served as CEO, helping scale it into a leading serverless database platform. He’s a former engineer at Dropbox and U.S. Digital Service expert, and now advises founders as a board member and executive coach.