Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Hydra is a San Francisco-based commercial open-source database company that builds serverless analytics on Postgres using a DuckDB-powered columnstore/rowstore architecture. Public pages now label it as acquired by Supabase, and the product remains positioned around low-latency analytics, autoscaling compute, and automatic caching.
Primary product
Serverless analytics on Postgres
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Data Infrastructure and Analytics
Sub-industry
Postgres analytics / database infrastructure
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.6M
Latest round
Seed · Jul 2022
Latest amount
$3.1M
Jul 2022 · Pioneer Fund
Mar 2022
Investors
Small team of full-time database engineers; builds in public; permissive open-source culture; community support via Discord, GitHub issues, and GitHub discussions; all locations considered, with San Francisco preferred.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands, equity ranges, or detailed employee compensation policy found; public hiring notes emphasize location flexibility and concise direct outreach.
Pricing
Tiered subscription plus usage-based compute-hour and storage-metering pricing, with startup credits and custom enterprise pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
~$3.8M estimated ARR
Estimated monthly visits
8.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Hydra was announced as joining Supabase; the Supabase announcement said the Hydra team would focus on Postgres + Analytics and Open Warehouse Architecture, and Hydra's homepage also labels the company as acquired by Supabase.
SourceSupabase · Mar 2026
Supabase's March 2026 update reiterated that Hydra joins Supabase and that the Hydra/pg_duckdb work would continue in the open.
Supabase · Feb 2026
Supabase announced that Hydra is joining the company to focus on Postgres + Analytics and Open Warehouse Architecture; Joe Sciarrino joined Supabase to lead the effort.
Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch coverage describing Hydra as serverless realtime analytics on Postgres with compute/storage separation, automatic caching, and fast setup.
TechCrunch · Jul 2022
Early funding and product coverage: Hydra raised a $3.1M seed round led by Pioneer Fund and positioned itself as an open-source alternative to Snowflake.