# ParadeDB

> ParadeDB is an open-source PostgreSQL extension that brings Elasticsearch-quality full-text search and analytics directly into Postgres, removing the need to copy data into a separate search engine. Built in Rust on the Tantivy library, its pg_search extension delivers BM25-ranked search, faceting, and columnar analytics while preserving Postgres ACID guarantees and avoiding the brittle ETL pipelines that connect Postgres to Elasticsearch. Founded in 2023 by Philippe Noel and Ming Ying and backed by Y Combinator and Craft Ventures, ParadeDB raised a $12M Series A in 2025 and counts Alibaba, Modern Treasury, and Bilt Rewards among its users.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Philippe Noel (Co-founder & CEO), Ming Ying (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~10 employees (grew from 4 around the Series A)
- **Products:** pg_search, ParadeDB Analytics / columnar storage, ParadeDB (distribution), ParadeDB Enterprise
- **Notable:** One of the fastest-growing Postgres open-source projects: 8,900+ GitHub stars and 100,000+ installs., Landed Alibaba Cloud as its first customer in May 2024., Raised a $12M Series A led by Craft Ventures in July 2025, bringing total funding to ~$14M.

## Products & services

- **pg_search** — A Postgres extension for full-text search built on the Rust Tantivy library, offering BM25 relevance ranking, highlighting, tokenization, faceting, and filtering directly over SQL data.
- **ParadeDB Analytics / columnar storage** — Columnar indexing and analytical query support (aggregations, faceted filtering) inside Postgres, leveraging Apache DataFusion for OLAP-style workloads.
- **ParadeDB (distribution)** — A Postgres distribution and Docker images packaging the extensions, with WAL integration for crash recovery and high availability; deployable on Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Postgres, and self-managed Postgres.
- **ParadeDB Enterprise** — Commercial support, enterprise licensing, and managed offerings for production deployments.

## Achievements

- One of the fastest-growing Postgres open-source projects: 8,900+ GitHub stars and 100,000+ installs.
- Landed Alibaba Cloud as its first customer in May 2024.
- Raised a $12M Series A led by Craft Ventures in July 2025, bringing total funding to ~$14M.
- Built a production-grade, ACID-consistent search engine entirely inside Postgres using Rust and Tantivy.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Announced $12M Series A led by Craft Ventures with Y Combinator participation; total funding reaches ~$14M.
- **2024-08** — Rebranded, moving from dark-mode emerald branding to a new identity.
- **2024-05** — Signed Alibaba Cloud as its first major customer.
- **2023-12** — Launched as an open-source Postgres extension for full-text search.

## Links

- Website: https://www.paradedb.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paradedb
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/paradedb
- GitHub: https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb

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