Cockroach Labs

Cockroach Labs is a technology company founded in 2015 by former Google engineers Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis, and Ben Darnell. Headquartered in New York City, the company also has offices in Austin, Bangalore, London, and Toronto. Cockroach Labs focuses on developing CockroachDB, a cloud-native, distributed SQL database that ensures high availability and strong transactional consistency for data-intensive applications. CockroachDB combines the scalability of NoSQL systems with the reliability of traditional SQL databases, making it suitable for cloud environments. The company also offers CockroachCloud, a managed service that allows customers to use CockroachDB without the need to manage infrastructure. With a strong emphasis on developer support and an open-source codebase, Cockroach Labs has built a community of over 300 external contributors. The company targets enterprises that require resilient, globally distributed data solutions, and has seen significant growth, attracting over $350 million in investments from leading venture capital firms.