Citus Data
Real-time. Big data. PostgreSQL
Y CombinatorSummer 2011AcquiredB2BInfrastructureOpen SourceBig DataDatabases
What they do
Problem
Businesses spend too much time and effort managing and scaling PostgreSQL databases for large-scale, real-time workloads.
Solution
Citus is a PostgreSQL extension and managed service that scales Postgres out across multiple nodes for high performance and big data workloads.
Who it's for
Developers and companies running multi-tenant applications or real-time analytics who need scalable PostgreSQL in cloud or on-prem environments.
Founders
Sumedh Pathak
Founder/Engineer
Founder at Citus Data, Acquired by Microsoft. 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-scale/
Company timeline
- YC batchSummer 2011
- StatusAcquired
- Team size45 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA; Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
