Nikita Shamgunov

The original idea was to build an open source alternative to AWS Aurora. The key idea of Aurora, which we took to the next level, was separation of storage and compute. In a year, we were ready and we started to onboard some internal users. As we started to work on the launch, it leaked, right? Because we didn't hide the website behind a password. So suddenly posted in Hacker News.

The original idea was to build an open source alternative to AWS Aurora. The key idea of Aurora, which we took to the next level, was separation of storage and compute. In a year, we were ready and we started to onboard some internal users. As we started to work on the launch, it leaked, right? Because we didn't hide the website behind a password. So suddenly posted in Hacker News.

The original idea was to build an open source alternative to AWS Aurora. The key idea of Aurora, which we took to the next level, was separation of storage and compute. In a year, we were ready and we started to onboard some internal users. As we started to work on the launch, it leaked, right? Because we didn't hide the website behind a password. So suddenly posted in Hacker News.

and we had a lot of traffic coming to the website. Right before that, we started to see our GitHub repo, and we were building in the public. The stars started to go vertical. We started to get validation that we're onto something. My name is Nikita Shamgunov, and I'm a CEO and co-founder of Neon.

and we had a lot of traffic coming to the website. Right before that, we started to see our GitHub repo, and we were building in the public. The stars started to go vertical. We started to get validation that we're onto something. My name is Nikita Shamgunov, and I'm a CEO and co-founder of Neon.

and we had a lot of traffic coming to the website. Right before that, we started to see our GitHub repo, and we were building in the public. The stars started to go vertical. We started to get validation that we're onto something. My name is Nikita Shamgunov, and I'm a CEO and co-founder of Neon.

You need to really want it.

You need to really want it.

You need to really want it.

While the first company that I built was mostly driven by my understanding of database technology and the desire to build a startup, Neon was engineered not just as a product, but as a company as well. So after my tour of duty at Single Store, where I was CTO first and then CEO, I joined Coastla Ventures, which is a tier one venture firm here in the Silicon Valley as a partner.

While the first company that I built was mostly driven by my understanding of database technology and the desire to build a startup, Neon was engineered not just as a product, but as a company as well. So after my tour of duty at Single Store, where I was CTO first and then CEO, I joined Coastla Ventures, which is a tier one venture firm here in the Silicon Valley as a partner.

While the first company that I built was mostly driven by my understanding of database technology and the desire to build a startup, Neon was engineered not just as a product, but as a company as well. So after my tour of duty at Single Store, where I was CTO first and then CEO, I joined Coastla Ventures, which is a tier one venture firm here in the Silicon Valley as a partner.

As I walked in to work with a famous venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla, I told Vinod, hey, I have this other idea. Maybe we can incubate it here at Khosla Ventures. And the idea was to roll up all Postgres usage in the world. While building Tingle Store, I noticed that there is so much Postgres out there.

As I walked in to work with a famous venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla, I told Vinod, hey, I have this other idea. Maybe we can incubate it here at Khosla Ventures. And the idea was to roll up all Postgres usage in the world. While building Tingle Store, I noticed that there is so much Postgres out there.

As I walked in to work with a famous venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla, I told Vinod, hey, I have this other idea. Maybe we can incubate it here at Khosla Ventures. And the idea was to roll up all Postgres usage in the world. While building Tingle Store, I noticed that there is so much Postgres out there.

And the other property of Postgres is that a small startup would be using Postgres and a very large enterprise would be using Postgres. And then as a technology, nobody really owns Postgres. There isn't a dominant software company that owns Postgres code. There isn't a software company that owns Postgres trademark. So it's like open source in the best definition of being open source.

And the other property of Postgres is that a small startup would be using Postgres and a very large enterprise would be using Postgres. And then as a technology, nobody really owns Postgres. There isn't a dominant software company that owns Postgres code. There isn't a software company that owns Postgres trademark. So it's like open source in the best definition of being open source.

And the other property of Postgres is that a small startup would be using Postgres and a very large enterprise would be using Postgres. And then as a technology, nobody really owns Postgres. There isn't a dominant software company that owns Postgres code. There isn't a software company that owns Postgres trademark. So it's like open source in the best definition of being open source.

Since then, I started thinking, what are the key properties of a successful Postgres company? One thing I learned from the node is the team you build is the company you build. And so the second question is like, what is the right founding team to build a dominant Postgres company? And then I started engineering that founding DNA of the company.

Since then, I started thinking, what are the key properties of a successful Postgres company? One thing I learned from the node is the team you build is the company you build. And so the second question is like, what is the right founding team to build a dominant Postgres company? And then I started engineering that founding DNA of the company.