FoundationDB
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
FoundationDB built a distributed NoSQL database that combined the scalability of NoSQL with full ACID-compliant transactions, its NoSQL, YesACID motto. Founded in 2009 in Vienna, Virginia by Nick Lavezzo, Dave Rosenthal and Dave Scherer, the database was built around an ordered key-value core with a layered architecture, achieving up to 14.4 million random writes per second. The company raised $22.7 million in two funding rounds.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Nick Lavezzo, Dave Rosenthal and Dave Scherer found FoundationDB in Vienna, Virginia.
- General availability
After an alpha program and beta, FoundationDB 1.0 ships for general availability on August 20, 2013.
- Acquired by Apple
On March 24, 2015, Apple acquires FoundationDB for an undisclosed sum; the company stops offering downloads and announces it is evolving its mission.
- Open sourced
Apple open sources FoundationDB under the Apache 2.0 license on April 19, 2018.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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