# Yugabyte

> Yugabyte builds YugabyteDB, the open-source distributed SQL database designed for mission-critical cloud-native applications. Founded in 2016 by three ex-Facebook engineers who built Cassandra and HBase, Yugabyte combines full PostgreSQL compatibility with the horizontal scalability and fault tolerance of modern distributed systems. Deployed in 100+ countries and trusted by Fortune 100 companies including GM, Kroger, Shopify, and Charles Schwab, YugabyteDB handles over 1 million transactions per second while surviving node, zone, and region failures automatically. A $1.3B unicorn backed by Lightspeed and Sapphire Ventures, Yugabyte is the rare database company that made its entire core product fully open source - and built a thriving enterprise business around it anyway.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, California, United States
- **Founders:** Kannan Muthukkaruppan (Co-Founder & President, Product Development), Karthik Ranganathan (Co-Founder & CTO), Mikhail Bautin (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~440 employees
- **Products:** YugabyteDB (Open Source), YugabyteDB Aeon, YugabyteDB Anywhere, YugabyteDB Voyager, Meko (Multi-Agent Data Layer)
- **Notable:** Reached $1.3B unicorn valuation in October 2021 - just 5 years after founding, First distributed SQL database to use actual PostgreSQL code (not emulation) for SQL processing, Open-sourced 100% of commercial features under Apache 2.0 in July 2019

## Products & services

- **YugabyteDB (Open Source)** — 100% open-source distributed SQL database under Apache 2.0. PostgreSQL-compatible (YSQL) with Cassandra-compatible API (YCQL). Supports 1M+ TPS, automatic sharding, multi-region replication, and ACID transactions. 10,000+ GitHub stars.
- **YugabyteDB Aeon** — Fully managed Database-as-a-Service built on YugabyteDB. Available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Features zero-downtime upgrades, automatic scaling, PostgreSQL 15 support, rollback capabilities, and BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) option.
- **YugabyteDB Anywhere** — Self-hosted management platform for teams who want to run YugabyteDB on their own infrastructure with enterprise-grade control. Supports Kubernetes-native deployment.
- **YugabyteDB Voyager** — Open-source end-to-end database migration tool for moving workloads from Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases to YugabyteDB with zero downtime.
- **Meko (Multi-Agent Data Layer)** — AI-ready multi-agent data layer for modern AI applications. Provides vector indexing support for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications.

## Achievements

- Reached $1.3B unicorn valuation in October 2021 - just 5 years after founding
- First distributed SQL database to use actual PostgreSQL code (not emulation) for SQL processing
- Open-sourced 100% of commercial features under Apache 2.0 in July 2019
- AWS Graviton Ready Partner - first distributed SQL database to earn this designation
- ISO 27001 security certification (2024)
- Winter 2025 Digital Innovator Award from Intellyx
- 10,000+ GitHub stars and 11,000+ active community members
- 7 consecutive years of Distributed SQL Summit with ~6,000 participants
- YugabyteDB handles 1M+ transactions per second
- Deployed in 100+ countries worldwide
- 5,000+ students enrolled in Yugabyte University
- Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS signed April 2026

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Signed Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to accelerate enterprise PostgreSQL modernization.
- **2025-11** — 7th Annual Distributed SQL Summit at KubeCon North America in Atlanta, focused on 'Distributed SQL in the AI Era'.
- **2025-01** — Released YugabyteDB v2.25 with 15 PostgreSQL 15 features including zero-downtime upgrade and downgrade capabilities.
- **2024-12** — Launched YugabyteDB 2.24 series with enhanced PostgreSQL compatibility and advanced enterprise features.
- **2024-10** — ISO 27001 security certification achieved, reinforcing enterprise-grade security commitments.
- **2024-10** — Announced 6th Annual Distributed SQL Summit with focus on AI-era database architectures.

## Links

- Website: https://yugabyte.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yugabyte
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yugabyte
- GitHub: https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/yugabyte
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/yugabyte

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Last updated: 2026-05-18