The DL on CockroachDB
As college students at Berkeley, Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis created a successful open-source graphics program, GIMP, which got the attention of Google. The duo ultimately joined Google, and even personally got kudos from Sergey Brin and Larry P.....»»
Extra Crunch roundup: Think like a VC, CockroachDB EC-1, handle your stock options
Don't wait until it's too late to build your early-stage marketing team — but don't hire too hastily, either. Ants and camels are famously resilient, but when it was time to select a name for a startup that offers open-source, cloud-based.....»»
The CockroachDB EC-1
Database technology can change the world, but the world in these parts changes very, very slowly. That’s made building a startup in the sector a tough equation. Every application is a palimpsest of technologies, each layer forming a base.....»»
CockroachDB, the database that just won’t die
There is an art to engineering and sometimes engineering can transform art. For Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis, the two worlds collided when they created the open-source graphics program, GIMP. There is an art to engineering, and sometime.....»»
Scaling CockroachDB in the red ocean of relational databases
CockroachDB’s success is not guaranteed. It has to overcome significant hurdles to secure a profitable place among well-established database technologies owned by companies with very deep pockets. Most database startups avoid building rel.....»»
How engineers fought the CAP theorem in the global war on latency
The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure data written in one location would be viewable immediately anywhere on the planet. The use case was simple, but the work needed was herculean. CockroachDB was intended to be a global database.....»»
Cockroach Labs scores $160M Series E on $2B valuation
Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, have been on a fundraising roll for the last couple of years. Today the company announced a $160 million Series E on a fat $2 billion valuation. The round comes just eight months after the startup raised an $86......»»