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S12 Bonus: The App Is Dead, Long Live the Outcome: Why Autonomous AI Agents Are Rewriting Data Infrastructure and Transforming PostgreSQL Into a Dynamic Scratch Pad with Ajay Kulkarni, Founder & CEO of Tiger Data
Jul 2, 2026 · Season 12 · 25 min
Building the Best DB out of Necessity
Ajay Kulkarni grew up in tech, as his father was a tech entrepreneur selling PC's in the early 80's. He went to college in MIT, and eventually founded a startup that was acquired by GroupMe (while it was being acquired by Skype... while they were being acquired by Microsoft). He's always been attracted to building things, so startups are right up his alley. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 young kids. He is a big exercise guy... he loves to run, swim and track his steps. Additionally, he loves music - to listen, and to play guitar, piano and drums.
Ajay and his co-founder met 30 years ago at MIT. They reconnected after years of doing their own thing, starting to dig into the iOT world. In doing this, they built a database because they the best solution to store this data... and in doing so, they unlocked their next venture out of this necessity.
This is the creation story of Tiger Data.
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Timestamps
00:00 Accidental Database MVP
00:41 Podcast Intro Setup
01:34 Ajay Background
02:50 Meeting Co Founder
04:11 Why Tiger Data
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