GitHub · Jul 2026
Recent release note describing a rewritten query parser, a safer plugin interface, and reported parsing-speed and memory-usage improvements.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
PgDog is an open-source PostgreSQL scaling proxy that combines connection pooling, load balancing, and database sharding in a single Rust executable, aimed at scaling Postgres without application or schema changes.
Primary product
PostgreSQL scaling proxy / connection pooler / load balancer / sharder
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Data Infrastructure and Analytics
Sub-industry
PostgreSQL infrastructure / database scaling
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
open source
enterprise software
paid support
enterprise license
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.5M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2026
Latest amount
$5.5M
Jun 2026 · Basis Set Ventures
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Work & culture
Engineering-led and open-source oriented, with weekly releases, direct support in Discord, and enterprise support from the engineers who build the product. Public messaging emphasizes first-principles problem solving and production reliability.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
A public YC Founding Software Engineer listing showed $150K-$220K or $150K-$225K base salary, plus 1%-3% equity, with remote eligibility and 3+ years of experience.
Product & market
Pricing
Open-source core with a paid enterprise edition/license and engineer-led support for production deployments.
Differentiators
- —No application code or schema changes required
- —Single executable that combines pooling, load balancing, and sharding
- —Written in Rust for performance and safety
- —Supports transaction/session pooling, LISTEN/NOTIFY, and advisory locks
- —Cross-shard queries and two-phase-commit writes
- —Resharding via logical replication
- —Can deploy on-prem, in cloud accounts, or via Docker/Kubernetes
- —Direct engineer support for enterprise customers
Technology
Rust
PostgreSQL
Tokio
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Terraform
pg_query
OpenMetrics
OTel
C
Go
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHP
Shell
PL/pgSQL
Customers
Reducto
Ramp
Modal
Huntress
TripStack
Earth Genome
Span
Competitors
PgBouncer
RDS Proxy
Citus
Patroni
HAProxy
Scale & contact
Latest news
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Launch post highlighting PgDog's Product Hunt debut and continued hiring; useful as a recent public signal of company momentum.
PgDog · Jul 2026
Explains the product gap versus PgBouncer and why PgDog adds more Postgres-compliant pooling behavior, with claims about production usage and performance.
PgDog · Jun 2026
Official announcement of the $5.5M seed round, with Basis Set, YC, and Pioneer Fund named as investors. The post also claims production traction, weekly releases, and enterprise support plans.
Basis Set · Jun 2026
Basis Set's write-up on why it led PgDog's seed round and the company's position in PostgreSQL scaling, including customer traction and product market fit.
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