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Leaving $1.5B Startup Behind for AI's Next Wave | Neon, Nikita Shamgunov

Nikita Shamgunov is Co-Founder and CEO of Neon, a serverless Postgres platform revolutionizing database infrastructure. From founding SingleStore, a company that reached $1.5B in valuation, to establishing Neon with a fresh approach to growth, Nikita's journey demonstrates the power of embracing new challenges. He shares invaluable insights on navigating rapidly evolving technologies like AI and what it takes to stay adaptable in today's fast-paced tech landscape. This interview series is sponsored by .tech Domains - the very domain the startups featured in the series build their websites on. Building on a .tech is a strategic choice for many tech startups building innovations - as it crisply communicates the company’s tech-driven nature. Learn more about .Tech Domains : 👉 https://go.tech/v5 00:00 Intro 01:20 1. Left $1.5B, Start Again 03:02 2. Don't Launch Yet, Show Them First 05:03 3. Kill Your Original Plan 07:10 4. The Only Way Out is Up EO stands for Entrepreneurship & Opportunities. As we're looking to feature more inspiring stories of entrepreneurs all over the world, don't hesitate to contact us at partner@eoeoeo.net X | @eostudi0 LinkedIn | @EO STUDIO Instagram | @eostudio.official Newsletter | https://www.eomag.io/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description Subtitles for this video were created using [XL8.ai](http://xl8.ai/) machine translation.

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February 20, 2025
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Nikita Shamgunov is Co-Founder and CEO of Neon, a serverless Postgres platform revolutionizing database infrastructure. From founding SingleStore, a company that reached $1.5B in valuation, to establishing Neon with a fresh approach to growth, Nikita's journey demonstrates the power of embracing new challenges. He shares invaluable insights on navigating rapidly evolving technologies like AI and what it takes to stay adaptable in today's fast-paced tech landscape. This interview series is sponsored by .tech Domains - the very domain the startups featured in the series build their websites on. Building on a .tech is a strategic choice for many tech startups building innovations - as it crisply communicates the company’s tech-driven nature. Learn more about .Tech Domains : 👉 https://go.tech/v5 00:00 Intro 01:20 1. Left $1.5B, Start Again 03:02 2. Don't Launch Yet, Show Them First 05:03 3. Kill Your Original Plan 07:10 4. The Only Way Out is Up EO stands for Entrepreneurship & Opportunities. As we're looking to feature more inspiring stories of entrepreneurs all over the world, don't hesitate to contact us at partner@eoeoeo.net X | @eostudi0 LinkedIn | @EO STUDIO Instagram | @eostudio.official Newsletter | https://www.eomag.io/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description Subtitles for this video were created using [XL8.ai](http://xl8.ai/) machine translation.

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In this episode of EO Studio, featuring Unknown Host, Leaving $1.5B Startup Behind for AI's Next Wave | Neon, Nikita Shamgunov explores nikita Shamgunov on rebuilding with AI, speed, and product signals Shamgunov describes leaving a mature, $1.5B-valued company (SingleStore) once his role became less essential and his desire to build again returned.

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