OtterTune R.I.P.
Education · Higher Education
$14.6Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$12Mlatest round · Venture round · Mar 2022 · 4 yr ago
2backers · Accel, K9 Ventures
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
OtterTune was an automated database tuning service out of Carnegie Mellon University. It is dead.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$14.6M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$12M
Venture round · Mar 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
Accel, K9 Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
55 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 4, 2024
On the Hacker News front page Databases in 2023: A Year in Review · 107 points
Aug 30, 2023
On the Hacker News front page When should you use the IN instead of the OR operator in Postgres? · 100 points
Apr 26, 2023
On the Hacker News front page The part of Postgres we hate the most: Multi-version concurrency control · 257 points
Jan 2, 2023
On the Hacker News front page Databases in 2022: A Year in Review · 365 points
Mar 31, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $12M · SEC Form D
Dec 30, 2021
On the Hacker News front page Databases in 2021: A Year in Review · 323 points
Dec 10, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $2.6M · SEC Form D
2020
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Hacker News stories
26
best: 365 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Mar 2022 | $12M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Dec 2020 | $2.6M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | OtterTune, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Andy PavloExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Dana Van AkenExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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People
Andy Pavlo
Executive Officer, Director
Dana Van Aken
Executive Officer, Director
Dan Van Aken
Director
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News
Ottertune.ai Is Shut Down
OtterTune was an automated database tuning service start-up out of Carnegie Mellon University. It is dead.
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Databases in 2023: A Year in Review
Databases in 2023: A Year in Review, Andy Pavlo - Carnegie Mellon University,
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Query best practices: When should you use the IN instead of the OR operator? OtterTune
Query performance often varies depending on how you write queries. For PostgreSQL, what provides better performance? The IN or OR operator?
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Pittsburgh
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff