Innovating on the Edge with Michael Tanenbaum

Today’s guest is Michael Tanenbaum, CEO and co-founder of Mycelial, an edge data platform for distributed local first applications that is built with developers in mind. Myceclial takes the accomplishments of the cloud native movement to bring data that exists outside the data center into the hands of the developers themselves. With a focus on data from the “edge”, which Michael defines as anything from a smart thermostat, to a 5g tower, applications, and more.In this episode Michael lays out how he and his partners captilized on the oppurtunity of recent innovations in cloud native, and in turn commercialize the need to “get applications out of the data center to work harmoniously with applications in the data center.” He and his co-founders are striving to build complex edge native applications and local native data. Michael breaks down the “three pillars” of edge native to provide some crucial definitions, how he identified the needs Mycelial addresses, the diverse range of obstacles they’ve already surmounted, and more! Highlights:An introduction to Michael and Mycelial (00:00)When Michael recognized the need for a product like Mycelial (02:32)The “Three Pillars” of edge native (05:11)Disovering an “unsexy” problem and deciding to solve it (09:00)The unforseen difficulties of Mycelial (15:15)The unforseen easy parts of Mycelial (20:32)Some important takaways from the founding experience (26:45)Links:MichaelTwitterMycelial