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🐯 Michael Freedman

Unicorn founder

Founder at Tiger Data

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedTiger Data$1B

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970 people in our graph share verified history with 🐯 Michael Freedman β€” schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Peter Fentonunlocked🐯 Michael Freedman: together at Tiger Data (2018–2026)
Γ—2🐯 Michael Freedman: together at Intertrust
Γ—5🐯 Michael Freedman: together at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Γ—3🐯 Michael Freedman: together at New York University

About

Michael Freedman is the cofounder and CTO of Tiger Data, the company behind TimescaleDB, which has raised $180M and serves thousands of customers globally. He is also the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, where his research covers distributed systems, storage systems, networking, and security, and includes projects such as CoralCDN, Ethane (a basis for OpenFlow), and CONIKS. He previously cofounded Illuminics Systems, acquired by Quova/Neustar, and holds a Ph.D. from NYU's Courant Institute and S.B. and M.Eng. degrees from MIT; his honors include the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, ACM Fellow, and the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE).

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Tiger Data

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Tiger Data's investors Β· 6

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

Co-founders at Tiger Data

AKAjay Kulkarni
Ajay KulkarniCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
AAjay
Ajay
MMike
Mike
RSRahil Sondhi
Rahil SondhiFounder of acquired PopSQL; joined Timescale in 2024
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🐯 Michael FreedmanFounder

Founder at Tiger Data

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Tiger Data's investors Β· 6

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

Co-founders at Tiger Data

AKAjay Kulkarni
Ajay KulkarniCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
AAjay
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

Experience

  1. Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)Cofounder / CTOcurrent2017 β€” presentNew York, New York
  2. Princeton UniversityRobert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Sciencecurrent2007 β€” presentPrinceton, NJ
  3. Blockstack IncAdvisor2015 β€” 2021New York, New York
  4. Illuminics SystemsCo-Founder2006 β€” 2007
  5. Stanford UniversityResearch Scholar2005 β€” 2007
  6. University of California, BerkeleyResearch Assistant2005
  7. New York UniversityResearch Assistant2002 β€” 2005Greater New York City Area
  8. Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesResearch Associate2003
  9. InterTrustResearch Intern2001
  10. Zero Knowledge SystemsResearch Intern2000

Skills & more

High Performance Computing14Networking5Machine Learning8Algorithms21Distributed Systems45Computer Science38Software Engineering9Programming3Simulations1Scalability14Cloud Computing10Parallel Computing4
+7 moreSoftware DevelopmentPythonLaTeXHadoopC++CPerl

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Who is 🐯 Michael Freedman?
Michael Freedman is the cofounder and CTO of Tiger Data, the company behind TimescaleDB, which has raised $180M and serves thousands of customers globally. He is also the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, where his research covers distributed systems, storage systems, networking, and security, and includes projects such as CoralCDN, Ethane (a basis for OpenFlow), and CONIKS. He previously cofounded Illuminics Systems, acquired by Quova/Neustar, and holds a Ph.D. from NYU's Courant Institute and S.B. and M.Eng. degrees from MIT; his honors include the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, ACM Fellow, and the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE).
Where does 🐯 Michael Freedman work?
🐯 Michael Freedman is Founder of Tiger Data.
What companies did 🐯 Michael Freedman found?
🐯 Michael Freedman founded Tiger Data.
Where did 🐯 Michael Freedman go to school?
🐯 Michael Freedman studied at Stanford University (Ph.D. (Visiting), Computer Science); New York University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Eng., Computer Science).

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Also worked at Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)2

Rahil SondhiFounder/CEO at PopSQLAjayFounder at Tiger Data