PeerDB YC Application

Summer 2023Acquired

PeerDB went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2023
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2023

Founders

Sai SrirampurFounder
Kaushik IskaFounder

What PeerDB does

At PeerDB, we are building a fast, simple and the most cost effective way to stream data from Postgres to Data Warehouses, Queues and Storage engines. If you are running Postgres at the heart of your data-stack and move data at scale from Postgres to any of the above targets, PeerDB can provide value. We support different modes of streaming - log based (CDC), cursor based (timestamp or integer) and XMIN based. Performance wise, we are 10x faster than existing tools. Features wise, we support native Postgres features such as comprehensive set of data-types incl. jsonb/arrays/postgis, efficiently streaming toast columns, schema changes and so on.

PeerDB's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

PeerDB, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

PeerDB

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fast, native ETL for Postgres

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built PeerDB to stream data from Postgres to data warehouses, queues, and storage engines quickly and reliably. Our product supports multiple streaming modes like CDC, cursor-based, and XMIN-based replication. It handles native Postgres data types including jsonb, arrays, and postgis, streams toast columns efficiently, and manages schema changes without breaking. Performance-wise, PeerDB runs about 10x faster than existing tools targeting the same problem.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We don't have a fixed location and operate remotely. After YC, we plan to continue working distributed and stay flexible about base location.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose remote work to access talent freely and maintain flexibility for both founders. YC's distributed-friendly culture aligns with this approach.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real PeerDB YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from PeerDB's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like PeerDB would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.