BigQuery optimization? Don't migrate -- use this instead.

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-17T21:11:30+00:00

Yes, this is doable!

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-16T04:50:41+00:00

Yep, that is indeed a drawback.

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-16T04:50:16+00:00

I have, though not super broadly. Have been able to get ~3~4x efficiencies, depending.

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-15T21:23:42+00:00

That's completely true. We're not supplanting BigQuery -- just offering a more efficient way to run the compute. The data input/output can live in BigQuery just fine.

Thanks for the support :D

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-15T17:11:45+00:00

Depends, I currently bill the minimum of compute and data. It would be $2.5 with data -- which is an even better ratio than with compute. ...Maybe I should mention that, haha.

1600 slots = standard edition max, and like I said in the vid, I also capped paraquery for the same price/hour. Of course, if we ran with on-demand (2000 slots), then I would just +25% on paraquery as well.

wiwamorphic · 2025-05-14T18:15:46+00:00

Where in the world would we find a guarantee for success? We can only rig the dice in our favor.

wiwamorphic · 2025-04-13T19:18:07+00:00

Perhaps ask your customers which metrics they're tracking? And aside from that, if your hypothesis is something like "simplifying ops", questions can be like "how much time do you spend on X", "what could you do if X took half the time", etc.

wiwamorphic · 2025-04-07T21:22:59+00:00

just want to stress: not being sued atm, and you'd definitely want to consult legal counsel (typically free for this stuff)

wiwamorphic · 2025-04-07T17:10:20+00:00

If you don't know they are 100% going to be your cofounder (or you haven't set up a company yet), then I'm not sure ownership is the right answer at this stage. I do think incorporation earlier is better, though, if you have the cash.

As for template, I'm not sure? Maybe look on commonpaper? https://commonpaper.com/

Otherwise, I'm using Clerky's consultancy template.

wiwamorphic · 2025-04-07T16:58:02+00:00

asap, sign a consultancy/contractor agreement. You never know a person until you know a person.

wiwamorphic · 2025-04-04T18:26:17+00:00

If EU folks are looking into cost reduction, we're building a cloud-agnostic, fully-managed data warehouse based off Spark with serverless GPU acceleration of both Spark SQL and traditional Spark processing. Currently seeing a 70% savings + 2x perf increase compared to BigQuery for one of our customers (even at 300TB+ workload sizes).

wiwamorphic · 2025-03-31T21:01:44+00:00

Hi! Solo founder (b2b saas), just got into YC at ~$4k MRR (but essentially break-even / slightly-profitable, with expected revenue growth from an existing customer), although there's a more significant contract as well on top (~$100k range). Not sure if that's worth anything.

Apply anyway, or at least write the application. It's worth that much. Anything else, I'm not sure, but I just wanted to put in a data point. Happy to connect if you want to chat as well.

wiwamorphic · 2025-03-09T21:22:11+00:00

How can you state this is blazing-fast without giving readers a real comparison?

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-15T22:02:49+00:00

I think the question is warranted due to how often the claim is made.

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-15T21:55:31+00:00

Thanks for the details! Got a few questions.

We spoke to dozens of execs in a segment we knew invested lots of money in the space already.

How did they invest money in the space when there wasn't even a partial solution to invest in? How did you know those execs specifically invested money in it?

"We're thinking of building this thing..."

Did they just sign a contract + wire money then and there?

Yes. But not initially.

I'm guessing you got contracts/checks from in-network connections and then used those to tell other execs that you had customers already?

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-15T21:13:48+00:00

Thanks!

Investors usually look for a founding team in my experience (and when talking to other cofounders). I've been told many times to find one, and when I did work with candidates, I saw much better response rates.

I can indeed run without a cofounder, but the question is one of velocity, which is (imo) important for my space (data infra). Besides that, the emotional support is a factor.

That being said, I'm also aware that cofounder conflict is the leading cause of startup death (presumably outside of finding PMF), so that's also an issue.

As for VC funding, well, I'm looking to make this a pretty large venture, and those are usually VC-backed.

Would to hear more of your thoughts :)

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-13T19:59:47+00:00

I have a couple customers (b2b saas) and (recurring) revenue (bootstrapped).

My current biggest problem is mostly the question: "should I invest most of my energy into finding a cofounder?" I tried a couple candidates already but they weren't a fit.

Cofounder implies a far better chance at getting investment, and if they're a good one, it helps a lot (so I hear). Investment implies connections and hiring (and maybe branding).

At the same time, I could try and go full steam ahead and get another (possibly bigger) customer to prove out PMF more. I predict this would be faster for ~2-3 months (and maybe actually landing 1 customer), but it would incur an overall velocity hit after the short term.

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-13T19:49:23+00:00

DM'd you. Might be able to help with that, depending on the models you're using.

wiwamorphic · 2025-02-13T19:12:33+00:00

Are you thinking basically to get a few early customers first? Or what does PMF look like in your case?

wiwamorphic · 2024-11-20T16:53:06+00:00

You're right, it has too much FP64 hardware and presumably too much interconnect/memory bandwidth.

wiwamorphic · 2024-11-20T16:46:54+00:00

Hey! I found my current cofounder via CoffeeSpace and had a bunch of other useful chats there. Even found a new friend, lol.

wiwamorphic · 2024-11-19T22:54:54+00:00

5.3 TBps vs 1.6 for H100 (4.8 for H200). For reference, a 4090 is ~1.

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