20 min
Vinoth Chandar, CEO and Founder of Onehouse: $33 Million Raised to Bring Order to Data Lakehouses Category Visionaries
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Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Vinoth Chandar, founder of Onehouse, a cloud-native data Lakehouse solution that has raised $33 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
Vinoth's Rich Background: Vinoth has a deep technical background in database and distributed systems engineering, with significant stints at Oracle, LinkedIn, Uber, and Confluent before founding Onehouse.
Innovating at Uber: Vinoth was part of the team at Uber that built the world's first Data Lakehouse in 2016, a precursor to the modern data Lakehouse concept, showcasing his pioneering work in data management.
Lessons from Uber's Turbulent Times: Vinoth's time at Uber during its most tumultuous periods taught him resilience and the importance of a positive product impact, underscoring the critical role of culture and team dynamics in navigating challenges.
Admiration for Linus Torvalds: Vinoth admires Linus Torvalds for demonstrating how open-source software can create immense value over time, reflecting on the transformative power of collaborative software development.
Influential Reads: Books like "The Journey is the Reward," a biography of Steve Jobs, and "Crossing the Chasm" have profoundly impacted Vinoth, offering insights into market innovation and the importance of category creation.
Onehouse's Mission: Onehouse aims to revolutionize data management with its faster, better, and cheaper cloud data infrastructure, leveraging Apache Hoodie to enable efficient data processing and management.
Navigating Product Market Fit: Identifying and refining Onehouse's customer profile and value proposition in a crowded and noisy market has been a significant challenge, with open-source community engagement playing a crucial role in building credibility and trust.
Future Vision: Vinoth envisions Onehouse completing its product story to bring an interoperable cloud data plane to life, focusing on managing and transforming data effectively for businesses.
Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Vinoth Chandar, founder of Onehouse, a cloud-native data Lakehouse solution that has raised $33 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
Vinoth's Rich Background: Vinoth has a deep technical background in database and distributed systems engineering, with significant stints at Oracle, LinkedIn, Uber, and Confluent before founding Onehouse.
Innovating at Uber: Vinoth was part of the team at Uber that built the world's first Data Lakehouse in 2016, a precursor to the modern data Lakehouse concept, showcasing his pioneering work in data management.
Lessons from Uber's Turbulent Times: Vinoth's time at Uber during its most tumultuous periods taught him resilience and the importance of a positive product impact, underscoring the critical role of culture and team dynamics in navigating challenges.
Admiration for Linus Torvalds: Vinoth admires Linus Torvalds for demonstrating how open-source software can create immense value over time, reflecting on the transformative power of collaborative software development.
Influential Reads: Books like "The Journey is the Reward," a biography of Steve Jobs, and "Crossing the Chasm" have profoundly impacted Vinoth, offering insights into market innovation and the importance of category creation.
Onehouse's Mission: Onehouse aims to revolutionize data management with its faster, better, and cheaper cloud data infrastructure, leveraging Apache Hoodie to enable efficient data processing and management.
Navigating Product Market Fit: Identifying and refining Onehouse's customer profile and value proposition in a crowded and noisy market has been a significant challenge, with open-source community engagement playing a crucial role in building credibility and trust.
Future Vision: Vinoth envisions Onehouse completing its product story to bring an interoperable cloud data plane to life, focusing on managing and transforming data effectively for businesses.
20 min