Columnar
2 known investors
Columnar develops open-source data connectivity standards and tools for database access, leveraging Apache Arrow to enable faster and more secure connections. The company targets data engineering teams and organizations seeking improved data accessibility across systems.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Founders & leadership
IC
Ian CookinFounder
Investors · 2
Competitors · 5
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Databricks5 shared keywordsDatabricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
Netezza5 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
DuckDB4 shared keywordsDuckDB is an open-source SQL database engine that executes queries directly on files and cloud data sources like Parquet, JSON, and S3. It provides a columnar storage engine optimized for analytics workloads and is available across operating systems with client APIs for major programming languages.
Progress Software4 shared keywordsProgress Software develops AI-powered application development and deployment tools for enterprises and developers. The company provides software infrastructure enabling organizations to build and manage AI-driven digital experiences.
MySQL3 shared keywordsMySQL is an open source relational database used by web-based applications and deployed across web, cloud, mobile, and embedded systems. It is owned and developed by Oracle.
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- What does Columnar do?
- Columnar develops open-source data connectivity standards and tools for database access, leveraging Apache Arrow to enable faster and more secure connections. The company targets data engineering teams and organizations seeking improved data accessibility across systems.
- Who founded Columnar?
- Columnar was founded by Ian Cook.
- Who are Columnar's investors?
- Columnar's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Next Play Ventures.