Abhishek Agrawal is a distinguished technologist and entrepreneur, best known as the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Materialize, Inc. Materialize is a company building a streaming database designed to help developers build applications with fresh, correct, and directly usable data. Before co-founding Materialize, Abhishek was an early engineer at Cockroach Labs, where he contributed significantly to the development of CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, where his research focused on dataflow systems, which laid the groundwork for Materialize. His expertise lies in distributed systems, database internals, and real-time data processing. Abhishek is passionate about enabling developers to work with complex data streams in an efficient and intuitive manner, driving innovation in how businesses leverage real-time analytics and operational data.
Abhishek Agrawal's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:
Successfully co-founded Materialize, a pioneering streaming database company, and leads its technological vision and development. Secured significant venture funding (e.g., $60M Series C in 2021) to scale the company and its offerings.
Played an instrumental role as an early engineer at Cockroach Labs (from 2015-2019), making significant contributions to the architecture and development of CockroachDB, a leading distributed SQL database.
His Ph.D. research at UC Berkeley on the Noria dataflow system directly influenced and provided the foundational concepts for Materialize, significantly advancing the field of real-time data processing and materialized views over streams.
Authored influential research papers in top-tier database and systems conferences (e.g., OSDI, VLDB) during his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, contributing to the academic understanding of data-intensive systems.
Frequently speaks at major industry and academic conferences (e.g., Strange Loop, VLDB, various meetups) sharing insights on databases, distributed systems, and the future of real-time data.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Year 1999
Garware College of Commerce, Pune - Year 1999
St. Michael’s High School, Patna (CBSE) - Year 1997
Don Bosco Academy, Patna (ICSE) - Year 1997
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