Sai Srirampur

Big ups to Sai Srirampur. This guy’s the real deal in the data game. He’s a YC S23, but honestly, his story goes way back. Started out crushing it at Citus Data, one of those early YC companies, and saw it blow up after getting bought by Microsoft. That’s no small feat. Before that, he was deep in the trenches at Microsoft Azure, running solutions engineering for all things Postgres. Basically, he was the guy helping big companies and SMBs get their Postgres shit working smoothly on the cloud.

What’s crazy is he’s been in the Postgres community for over eight years. That’s a lifetime in tech years. He’s not just a user; he’s an advocate, a helper, a builder. You can tell he’s genuinely passionate about open source and making data tech better for everyone. That’s what drives him-building tools that actually make a difference.

And now he’s the CEO of PeerDB, which he co-founded with his buddy Kaushik Iska back in school at IIT Hyderabad. PeerDB is all about making high-performance, cheap, and easy data movement tools for Postgres. Think fast ETL/ELT, smooth integrations with data warehouses, queues-you name it. Basically, he jumped from helping big players adopt Postgres to building the tools that make data handling faster, cheaper, and more accessible.

What’s this tell me about him? He’s all about pushing the envelope. His whole process screams one thing: he’s driven by solving real problems he’s seen firsthand. He’s been in the trenches, knows the pain points, and now he’s building solutions that actually crush it in the market. This guy’s motivated by making data tech better for everyone, not just for himself. That’s why he’s succeeding.

Long story short, Sai’s the guy who’s been there, done that, and now he’s building stuff that’s gonna change how we handle data. Not just talk, real impact. That’s why he’s worth paying attention to – he’s the future of data tools, no cap.