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Neon is the
Postgres layer
for the internet

Our mission: deliver Postgres as a cloud service designed to help teams build scalable, dependable applications faster than ever.

Neon is built on a distributed architecture that separates storage and compute, unlocking the level of performance, reliability, and scale to make Postgres a foundational building block as universal as S3.

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Where we're headed

Neon is a Databricks company. In May 2025, Neon joined Databricks to shape the future of Postgres and AI-native development. The mission stays the same: deliver Postgres for developers and AI agents — now backed by the scale and expertise of Databricks.

The same technology behind Neon powers Lakebase: The first serverless Postgres database integrated with the lakehouse, built for the AI era.

  • 40,000Databases created daily
  • 80%Of databases deployed by agents

Leadership

It's all about the people. We are a team of Postgres hackers, systems and cloud engineers. We believe that in the ever-changing technology stack Postgres is here to stay.

  • Nikita Shamgunov imageNikita ShamgunovCEO
  • Heikki Linnakangas imageHeikki LinnakangasCo-Founder
  • Stas Kelvich imageStas KelvichCo-Founder
  • James Broadhead imageJames BroadheadVP Engineering
  • Bryan Clark imageBryan ClarkVP Product
  • Arjunan Rajeswaran imageArjunan RajeswaranHead of Revenue
  • Luke Flanagan imageLuke FlanaganVP Finance

Developers are at the center of everything we do

  • Just Be Postgres

    Just Be Postgres

    Achieve this by leveraging the pluggable storage layer, preserving the core of Postgres.

  • Easy

    Easy

    Simplify the life of developers by bringing the serverless consumption model to Postgres.

  • Reliable

    Reliable

    Use modern replication techniques to provide high availability and high durability guarantees.

  • Cost Efficient

    Cost Efficient

    Aim to deliver the best price-performance Postgres service in the world.

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