# Cockroach Labs

> Cockroach Labs builds CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database engineered to survive failures the way its namesake insect does. Founded in 2015 by three ex-Google engineers, the company combines the horizontal scalability of NoSQL with the strong consistency and PostgreSQL compatibility of a traditional relational database. CockroachDB powers mission-critical workloads at banks, retailers, gaming platforms, and AI companies that need to stay online through outages, scale across regions, and keep data inside specific jurisdictions for compliance.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Spencer Kimball (Co-founder & CEO), Peter Mattis (Co-founder & CTO), Ben Darnell (Co-founder & Chief Architect)
- **Team size:** ~560 employees (some sources report 700+)
- **Products:** CockroachDB, CockroachDB Cloud (Basic / Standard / Advanced), CockroachDB Self-Hosted (Enterprise), State of Resilience Report
- **Notable:** Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 list (2021), Reached a $5 billion valuation in 2021 after raising $633M total, Built one of the most prominent open-source distributed SQL databases, inspired by Google Spanner

## Products & services

- **CockroachDB** — A distributed SQL database with PostgreSQL compatibility, strong consistency (ACID transactions), automatic replication, and horizontal scalability across nodes, regions, and clouds.
- **CockroachDB Cloud (Basic / Standard / Advanced)** — Fully managed CockroachDB offered as tiered plans - Basic (formerly Serverless) for getting started, Standard for consolidating production workloads, and Advanced (formerly Dedicated) for critical workloads with advanced compliance and security.
- **CockroachDB Self-Hosted (Enterprise)** — Self-managed deployment of CockroachDB on Kubernetes, VMs, or bare metal across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments with enterprise support.
- **State of Resilience Report** — Annual industry research on database resilience, outage costs, and failover readiness that positions Cockroach Labs as a voice on operational resilience.

## Achievements

- Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 list (2021)
- Reached a $5 billion valuation in 2021 after raising $633M total
- Built one of the most prominent open-source distributed SQL databases, inspired by Google Spanner
- Took its RoachFest conference global in 2025 (London, Bengaluru, Las Vegas)
- Signed an OEM partnership with IBM in 2025
- Adopted by Fortune-scale enterprises including JP Morgan Chase and Netflix

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Cockroach Labs reported accelerating momentum into 2026 as enterprises rebuild data infrastructure for AI-scale resilience, rising outage risk, and tighter regulation.
- **2025-10** — Entered an OEM partnership with IBM to deliver CockroachDB PostgreSQL for IBM across hybrid environments.
- **2025-01** — Published the State of Resilience 2025 report highlighting widespread outage costs and gaps in failover preparedness.
- **2024-12** — Introduced new unbundled, usage-based pricing and renamed cloud plans to Basic, Standard, and Advanced.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cockroachlabs.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cockroach-labs
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cockroachdb
- GitHub: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CockroachDB
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/cockroachlabs

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Last updated: 2026-06-15