# Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)

> Tiger Data - formerly Timescale - is the New York-based company behind TimescaleDB, an open-source PostgreSQL extension that began as a time-series workhorse and has grown into a full operational database platform for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. In June 2025 the company rebranded around its long-time tiger mascot and now ships Tiger Cloud, Tiger Postgres, and Agentic Postgres - a Postgres flavor purpose-built for AI agents with zero-copy forks, hybrid storage, BM25 and vector search, and an MCP server.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ajay Kulkarni (Co-founder & CEO), Mike Freedman (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~150
- **Products:** TimescaleDB, Tiger Cloud, Tiger Postgres, Agentic Postgres
- **Notable:** TimescaleDB downloaded millions of times since launch, Raised $184.8M across rounds, including a $110M Series C in 2022, Rebranded from Timescale to Tiger Data in June 2025

## Products & services

- **TimescaleDB** — Open-source PostgreSQL extension for time-series, real-time analytics, automatic partitioning, continuous aggregates, and compression.
- **Tiger Cloud** — Managed Postgres platform with hybrid row-columnar storage, point-in-time recovery, high availability, and workload isolation.
- **Tiger Postgres** — The company's modern Postgres distribution combining time-series, vector search, and full SQL.
- **Agentic Postgres** — Postgres tuned for AI agents: zero-copy Fluid Storage forks, MCP server, native BM25 + vector search, CLI for terminal-native workflows.

## Achievements

- TimescaleDB downloaded millions of times since launch
- Raised $184.8M across rounds, including a $110M Series C in 2022
- Rebranded from Timescale to Tiger Data in June 2025
- Launched Agentic Postgres in late 2025 with fast forking and MCP server

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Company rebrands from Timescale to Tiger Data.
- **2025-12** — Launches Agentic Postgres with Fluid Storage, MCP server, and free plan.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tigerdata.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigerdata
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TimescaleDB
- GitHub: https://github.com/timescale
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TigerData
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/timescaledb/

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Last updated: 2026-05-18