Citus Data
YC Summer 2011 AcquiredReal-time. Big data. PostgreSQL
http://citusdata.com ↗Thesis fit
Off-thesis
Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match
Light
How close the company’s idea is to your thesis statement
Sector
None
Overlap with sectors you care about
Geography
Unknown
Location unknown — scores 0
Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”
Founder → stable
Traction → stable
Idea vs market ↑ improving
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People
Sumedh Pathak
Founder at Citus Data, Acquired by Microsoft.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/01/24/microsoft-acquires-citus-data-re-affirmi
11.2
low confidence
Joseph Sciarrino
career mapped
CEO, Hydra
Former PM @ MSFT Azure Open-Source Databases team.
Heroku (W08) and Citus Data (S11) alum
22.2
medium confidence
Activity & evidence
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