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Ajay

Unicorn founder

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Tiger Data

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedTiger Data$1B

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Jared HechtunlockedAjay: together at GroupMe (2011–2013)
×3Ajay: together at Tiger Data
Ajay: together at GroupMe
×7Ajay: together at MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

About

Ajay is the co-founder and CEO of TigerData, the company behind TimescaleDB, which he co-founded as Timescale in 2017 to provide PostgreSQL for time-series workloads. The company has since rebranded as TigerData, serves more than 2,000 customers including Mistral, Hugging Face, Nvidia, Toyota, NASA, and Schneider Electric, and has raised $180 million while operating with a 200-person remote team. Ajay studied computer science at MIT and previously worked on products at early-stage startups.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Tiger Data

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Tiger Data's investors · 6

BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2021Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2021New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2021Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022Two Sigma VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Tiger Data

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Ajay
MMike
Mike
MJMichael J. Freedman
Michael J. FreedmanCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer
RSRahil Sondhi
Rahil SondhiFounder of acquired PopSQL; joined Timescale in 2024
�M🐯 Michael Freedman
🐯 Michael FreedmanFounder

Experience

  1. TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)Co-Founder/CEOcurrent2017 — presentNew York, NY
  2. GroupMeProduct2011 — 2014
  3. sensobiCEO and Co-Founder2009 — 2011
  4. TechStarsBoston 2009 Company2009
  5. Self-EmployedHead Custodial Engineer2008
  6. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA Student2006 — 2008
  7. MIT $100K Entrepreneurship CompetitionMobile Track Lead2006 — 2008
  8. SubWay LinkExternal Consultant2008
  9. EmerginvestBusiness Development2007 — 2008
  10. MicrosoftProduct Manager, Windows Mobile2007
  11. 4INFODirector, Consumer Insight2005 — 2006
  12. Team in TrainingVolunteer2003 — 2006
  13. Zetaplex CorporationAnalyst2004 — 2005
  14. CitigroupResearch Analyst2002 — 2004
  15. Wit Doctor Products, LLCCo-founder and General Partner2003 — 2004
  16. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Student/ Research Assistant2000 — 2002

Skills & more

Mobile Devices31Start-ups76Entrepreneurship57Business Development22Mobile Applications8Business Strategy16Mobile Technology2Marketing Analytics3Product Development10Sales2Marketing Strategy4Venture Capital3
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Who is Ajay?
Ajay is the co-founder and CEO of TigerData, the company behind TimescaleDB, which he co-founded as Timescale in 2017 to provide PostgreSQL for time-series workloads. The company has since rebranded as TigerData, serves more than 2,000 customers including Mistral, Hugging Face, Nvidia, Toyota, NASA, and Schneider Electric, and has raised $180 million while operating with a 200-person remote team. Ajay studied computer science at MIT and previously worked on products at early-stage startups.
Where does Ajay work?
Ajay is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Data.
What companies did Ajay found?
Ajay founded Tiger Data.
Where did Ajay go to school?
Ajay studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (M.B.A., Entrepreneurship); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Eng., Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Computer Science).

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