Episode #49: Meet the Startup Building Secure Data Warehouses for Our Ever-Changing World
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In this episode of the Tech Optimist podcast, Managing Partner Ray Wu sits down with Nate Holiday, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Space and Time as they discuss their innovative decentralized data warehouse designed for blockchain and AI applications, emphasizing transparency and tamper-proof data processing. Space and Time’s recent Series A funding will help expand customer adoption and accelerate development of their unique Proof of SQL technology for verifiable database operations.
Episode #49 – Meet the Startup Building Secure Data Warehouses for Our Ever-Changing World
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In this captivating episode of the Tech Optimist podcast, Managing Partner Ray Wu sits down with Nate Holiday, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Space and Time. Dive into the intricate world of decentralized data warehouses as they discuss how Space and Time ensures verifiability and transparency in database operations. Learn about their innovative technology, Proof of SQL, which secures data interactions within blockchain environments, offering a new level of security and integrity for enterprise applications. Tune in to uncover how Space and Time is transforming data management and security, forging a path toward a more trustworthy digital infrastructure.
Watch Time ~26 minutes
The show is produced by Alumni Ventures, which has been recognized as a “Top 20 Venture Firm” by CB Insights (’24) and as the “#1 Most Active Venture Firm in the US” by Pitchbook (’22 & ’23).
Nate’s Ask:
Nate invites the community to join and engage with Space and Time’s community of developers, contributing to their open-source projects on GitHub. He also encourages the adoption of their verifiable database solutions available through platforms like Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace and Google’s marketplace, to enhance data security and transparency in enterprise applications.
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Creators and Guests
HOST
Ray Wu
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures
Ray is a seasoned venture capitalist with over 20 years of investing experience across a wide range of industries and geographies. Before joining Alumni Ventures, Ray was a partner and adviser at several global venture funds focusing on AI, Web3, FinTech and SaaS investment opportunities across the U.S. and Asia Pacific. Earlier, he spent more than 10 years in the corporate venture space: He was the managing director of HP’s new business ventures, responsible for startup technology evaluation, new business incubation, VC relationships, and minority investments, and earlier at Cisco Systems, holding several senior positions leading investment, M&A, internal incubation, and global consulting. Previously, Ray was a managing partner of a leading Internet consulting firm working with Fortune 1000 companies across North America. He earned a dual MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University.
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Nate Holiday
CEO and Co-founder at Space and Time
Nate Holiday is the Co-founder and CEO at Space and Time. Nate has spent more than a decade leveraging data and automated analytics to innovate new business models and deliver revenue growth across multiple industries. Nate is recognized in the enterprise software industry for building world-class business units, bringing new products to market, transforming revenue models and delivering high-impact GTM teams. Nate was featured by Mike Weinberg in his Amazon best-seller “#SalesTruth” for transforming and shaping Teradata’s cloud and GTM business.
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