S12 Bonus: The App Is Dead, Long Live the Outcome: Why Autonomous AI Agents Are Rewriting Data Infrastructure and Transforming PostgreSQL Into a Dynamic Scratch Pad with Ajay Kulkarni, Founder & CEO of Tiger Data

Ajay Kulkarni grew up in tech, as his father was a tech entrepreneur selling PC's in the early 80's. He went to college in MIT, and eventually founded a startup that was acquired by GroupMe (while it was being acquired by Skype... while they were being acquired by Microsoft). He's always been attracted to building things, so startups are right up his alley. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 young kids. He is a big exercise guy... he loves to run, swim and track his steps. Additionally, he loves music - to listen, and to play guitar, piano and drums.Ajay and his co-founder met 30 years ago at MIT. They reconnected after years of doing their own thing, starting to dig into the iOT world. In doing this, they built a database because they the best solution to store this data... and in doing so, they unlocked their next venture out of this necessity.This is the creation story of Tiger Data.SponsorsUnblockedTECH DomainsMezmoBraingrid.aiLinkshttps://www.tigerdata.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaykulkarni/Timestamps00:00 Accidental Database MVP00:41 Podcast Intro Setup01:34 Ajay Background02:50 Meeting Co Founder04:11 Why Tiger Data05:36 MVP Building TimescaleDB07:06 Postgres Not NoSQL08:50 Roadmap And Agents10:40 Hiring The Right Team11:59 Scaling As CEO13:23 Resilience And Pride14:36 Mistakes And Lessons17:33 Future Physical World19:18 Stoicism And Influence21:01 Advice Play Love Triumph23:54 Closing And CreditsCheckout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy