About Us
Serial Entrepreneurs + Global Database Experts
The Beginnings
Our Story
Compute.AI was founded in 2021 by Vikram Joshi, a serial entrepreneur, and a team of world-class database engineers. It was built to provide 100% open, cloud-native query processing for 1000s of concurrent users while delivering enterprise grade SLAs at ~5x lower cloud costs.
Compute.AI is backed by prominent Silicon Valley angels and Monta Vista Capital.
Vikram Joshi’s technical background spans multiple disciplines including databases, operating systems, parallel and distributed systems, storage, video streaming, and computer graphics. His company ioTurbine specialized in software to accelerate storage using SSDs (acquired by Fusion-io). Xcalar, a relational compute platform, is used by top-tier Wall St. banks and financial institutions. PixBlitz Studios developed video advertising technology for broadcast sports and entertainment.
Vikram’s work at Oracle included doubling database performance on 12 to 64 way SMPs, and laying the foundation, architecting, and shipping Exadata. Prior to that, Vikram worked on video on demand and game servers at Silicon Graphics. At Sun Microsystems, he worked on the Solaris virtual memory subsystem and Spring Microkernel (SunLabs).
Vikram holds an MS (Hons.) in Physics and a BE (Hons.) in Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.
Vikram’s social good causes include eliminating sex trafficking & child sex abuse. He loves rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running, and riding dirt bikes.
THE FOUNDERS
Our Team
Joel Inman
CEO
Joel Inman is a serial entrepreneur and an early-stage technology & strategy leader. His past experience includes Fusion.IO, Lexicon Travel Technologies, Leisure Link, Upper Limit Aviation and Robert W. Baird.
Vikram Joshi
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, CTO
Vikram Joshi’s technical background spans multiple disciplines including databases, operating systems, parallel and distributed systems, storage, video streaming, and computer graphics (as described above). He holds an MS (Hons.) in Physics and a BE (Hons.) in Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.
Vikram’s social good causes include eliminating sex trafficking & child sex abuse. He loves rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running, and riding dirt bikes.
THE BOARD
Advisory Board
Venkatesh Shukla
Monta Vista VC
Prabhu Goel
Verilog
Tim Chou
Oracle / Teradata
Anurag Gupta
AWS
Ryan Bott
Fusion.IO (Former) / Chief Revenue Advisor
Open Standards & Net-zero data processing
Our Vision
Compute.AI was founded to bring next-generation systems software products to the world of distributed computation.
The technology industry’s deep carbon footprint primarily stems from power requirements of servers in the cloud and server farms. Relational computation is key to solving problems that have causality; where millions of things are related to billions of things, and then progressively more relationships need to be resolved to find answers as problems get harder.
Databases and data warehouses of the yesteryear, or their modern day counterparts, address business problems with little consideration to resource utilization while locking businesses into their expensive proprietary silos. The hidden cost of running a business is substantially higher as the result of a problem that hides in plain sight—silent business emissions—much like CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases, that negatively impact businesses as well as our planet.
At Compute.AI, we are working toward the goal of net-zero carbon for data processing technologies that are powered and propelled by 100% open standards based relational compute algorithms that are innately AI & ML.
We aim to change the game by bringing data processing technologies that dissipate 10-100x fewer watts for doing relational computation and create value for businesses by lowering their cloud costs by ~5x. We promote open platforms with no vendor lock-in to rapidly help connect innovation with more innovation.
Green is not just being environmentally conscious and doing something about it, but also a good business model to build the future we desire for generations to come.
Passionate Team of Builders
Our Culture
At Compute.AI, we are passionate about building. We believe we have a unique opportunity ahead of us to fundamentally change our space. We are driven to innovate.
Being builders, we understand that a core component to any construction is setting a strong foundation. Our people are at the core of our foundation and that is why we prioritize our team culture.
Our 7 Pillars of Wisdom
Bring No Egos – Our team comes from a variety of experience and backgrounds. Each provides deep insights to our team. We humbly learn from one another on a regular basis and do not treat those without prior knowledge in an area as less. We are students of life and constantly learning.
Be Kind – While many of our team members have personal community affiliations and causes we support, we simply want our team to be kind to one another.
Trust & Respect Others – We treat others as we would want to be treated.
Win as a Team – We know we are in this together. Our success is a function of our ability to work together.
Raise the Bar – We set high standards and hold high expectations for ourselves.
Create Positive Energy – We are a competitive team and believe in “complementary stress” that motivates and gets the best out of athletes. Positive energy is conducive to work.
Protect a Good Thing – It takes conscious effort to protect good values. Nothing comes for free. Difficult times require rich communication. A true test of a system is in distress. Communication during the lows takes courage, putting aside our egos, and is key to building trust.