From c790672cc244ac4caba1bda3572829a6c6862891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Sima <ben@bsima.me> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:48:52 -0700 Subject: move everything to namespace directories --- com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org (limited to 'com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org') diff --git a/com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org b/com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4d9d6f --- /dev/null +++ b/com/simatime/idea/duree-pitch.org @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +#+TITLE: Duree: automated universal database +#+SUBTITLE: seeking pre-seed funding +#+AUTHOR: Ben Sima <ben@bsima.me> +#+EMAIL: ben@bsima.me +#+OPTIONS: H:1 num:nil toc:nil +#+LATEX_CLASS: article +#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: +#+LATEX_HEADER: +#+LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA: +#+LATEX_COMPILER: pdflatex +#+DATE: \today +#+startup: beamer +#+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer +#+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [presentation,smaller] +Start with this: + - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14605 + - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14754 +Then build AI layers on top. +* Problem +Developers spend too much time managing database schemas. Every database +migration is a risk to the business because of the high possibility of data +corruption. If the data is modeled incorrectly at the beginning, it requires a +lot of work (months of developer time) to gut the system and re-architect it. +* Solution +- Using machine learning and AI, we automatically detect the schema of your data. +- Data can be dumped into a noSQL database withouth the developer thinking much + about structure, then we infer the structure automatically. +- We can also generate a library of queries and provide an auto-generated client + in the choosen language of our users. +* Existing solutions +- Libraries like alembic and migra (Python) make data migrations easier, but + don't help you make queries or properly model data. +- ORMs help with queries but don't give you much insight into the deep structure + of your data (you still have to do manual joins) and don't help you properly + model data. +- Graph QL is the closest competitor, but requires manually writing types and + knowing about the deep structure of your data. We automate both. + +* Unsolved problems +- Unsure whether to build this on top of existing noSQL databases, or to develop + our own data store. Could re-use an existing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Database_engines][database engine]] to provide an + end-to-end database solution. +* Key metrics +- How much time do developers spend dealing with database migrations? What does + this cost the business? We can decrease this, decreasing costs. +- How costly are failed data migrations and backups? We reduce this risk. +* Unique value proposition +We can automate the backend data mangling for 90% of software applications. +* Unfair advantage +- I have domain expertise, having worked on similar schemaless database problems + before. +- First-mover advantage in this space. Everyone else is focused on making + database migrations easier, we want to make them obsolete. +* Channels +- Cold calling mongoDB et al users. +* Customer segments +- *Early adopters:* users of mongoDB and graphQL who want to spend time writing + application code, not managing database schemas. The MVP would be to generate + the Graph QL code from their Mongo database automatically. +- Will expand support to other databases one by one. The tech could be used on + any database... or we expand by offering our own data store. +* Cost structure +** Fixed costs + - Initial development will take about 3 months (~$30k) + - Each new database support will take a month or two of development. +** Variable costs + - Initial analysis will be compute-heavy. + - Following analyses can be computationally cheap by buildiing off of the + existing model. + - Customer acquisition could be expensive, will likely hire a small sales + team. +* Revenue streams +- $100 per month per database analyzed + - our hosted service connects to their database directly + - includes client libraries via graphQL + - may increase this if it turns out we save companies a lot more than $100/mo, + which is likely +- enterprise licenses available for on-prem + - allows them to have complete control over their database access + - necessary for HIPAA/PCI compliance -- cgit v1.2.3