EnterpriseDB

He serves on the database standards working group that evolves the SQL standard.

He is employed at EDB, where he is a VP and chief architect of database servers.

And he's the former CTO of Second Quadrant.

And one of the things I particularly like about Peter's work experience is that he worked at Sun Microsystems early in his career, and he's just a brilliant engineer and engineering leader.

And after that, oh my gosh, meet me.

And eventually Second Quadrant.

And EDB.

That's right.

Snowflake was just crunchy data.

EDB as well.

They all have container operators backed by Kubernetes, but giving you that orchestration to utilize your Postgres-based databases.

being able to make data-driven decisions with the Postgres database.

One downside with SaaS on open source is that if a cloud provider starts offering a competing managed service, they could effectively commoditize what your company built.

This tension surfaced in twenty twenty-two when Amazon began providing its own fully managed PostgreSQL as a service for customers who previously tended to open source PostgresSQL with added support from companies like EDB or Cloudflare.

Because these vendors could undercut the pricing many startups saw their margin squeeze and had to pivot or negotiate exclusivity agreements.

Investor expectations add another layer of pressure.