How ClickHouse powers Netflix, Uber and Spotify’s Analytics | Aaron Katz, CEO of ClickHouse
In this episode, we sat down with Aaron Katz, the CEO of ClickHouse, a company that went from an open-source analytical database into a highly successful cloud service, utilized by Spotify, Netflix, Disney, and many more.
Aaron Katz provides intriguing insights into the challenges of transitioning an open-source project into a thriving business, ClickHouse's go-to-market strategy, the role of technical support in pre-sales, and the strategic decision to avoid traditional SDR and CSM roles.
📖 The Unbundling of the Cloud Data Warehouse: https://clickhouse.com/blog/the-unbun...
CLICKHOUSE
Website - https://clickhouse.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/clickhousedb
Aaron Katz
LinkedIn - / aaron-katz-5762094
Twitter - https://x.com/ceo_clickhouse
FIRSTMARK
Website - https://firstmark.com
Twitter - / firstmarkcap
Matt Turck (Managing Director)
LinkedIn - / turck
Twitter - / mattturck
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00:00 - Intro
00:56 - What is ClickHouse?
04:28 - What are the use cases for ClickHouse?
06:17 - Reducing the latency: why the world shifts to real-time
09:05 - How did ClickHouse evolve from an open-source to a cloud product?
15:01 - "Open source is the future of software"
17:27 - Self-hosted deployments
18:45 - ClickHouse's roadmap
20:51 - Is there a real-time data stack?
22:25 - ClickHouse partners in data ingestion
24:32 - Who are ClickHouse's main competitors?
27:35 - ClickHouse's sales process
36:44 - Is partnerships a good go-to-market strategy?
37:44 - When is the right time for startups to start partnering?
38:22 - Aaron's story of becoming the CEO
43:50 - Team and culture when working on two continents
46:15 - What's next?