Relaxed Inc.
So something interesting happened recently.
I, Jan, and Chris are building a startup around Apache CouchDB and Redpoint Ventures has invested $2 million. Pretty cool huh?
What are we going to do with that? Well, we are still figuring that out. For the most part we are going to try to grow a large and healthy CouchDB ecosystem and then build our own business(es) within that. We are working with Satish Dharmaraj on some basic strategy stuff right now, and we aren't trying to be secretive or "stealthy" as TechCrunch said. It's just very early and I'm also very busy planning a move. Which bring me to my 2nd and 3rd announcements.
2nd Announcement: Yes, I've left IBM.
To the projects at IBM using CouchDB, please continue to feel free contact me at anytime. IBM has been very good to me and the CouchDB project and I want IBM and its customers to be successful. That hasn't changed.
To Anant Jhingran, David Fallside and especially Sam Ruby, thank you for your early support and getting IBM behind CouchDB. We'd never have made it this far without you.
3rd Announcement: California here we come! I, Laura, and our 5 yo, 2 yo, and 9 mo (for those counting at home, that's 5 people) are moving to Piedmont CA the first week of January. We have everything all settled, other than a million small details that Laura has to deal with.
We still need some recommendations for a good local family doctor, ophthalmologist and dentist. And does any know where you can get them to convert your car to a lowrider that goes bouncy bouncy down the street?
Anyway, exciting times ahead. Follow me, Chris and Jan on twitter as we figure all this stuff out.
Posted December 12, 2009 11:20 PM
Comments
This is fantastic news. I really want to see CouchDB succeed, so it's great to hear that core members have the money to keep it moving forward!
Geoffrey Grosenbach, December 15, 2009 1:08 PM
Congrats on leaving IBM and best of luck with the project. Been following couchdb for quite sometime look forward to seeing what value proposition you guys create. Best of luck!
Morgan, December 15, 2009 1:14 PM
Great news Damien. I'm sure it's going to be a hell of a ride.
Kerr, December 15, 2009 1:14 PM
Congratulations Damien!!! Good luck, although I'm sure you don't need it!
Carl Tyler, December 15, 2009 1:26 PM
wait... so, does this mean I can't get those Lotus updates from you anymore? :P
Seriously though, good luck with Relaxed.
Robert, December 15, 2009 1:39 PM
Wow, that's quite the list of changes. Good luck in your new venture, Damien, I wish you the best with your new CouchDB-focused startup!
Judah Himango, December 15, 2009 1:46 PM
Congratulations to you and the team! CouchDB everywhere! Thank J. Chris for the beer and grub. If that startup thing doesn't work out, I owe him $20 ;-)
Dan Sickles, December 15, 2009 3:06 PM
Congratulations, I'm really interested in trying out CouchDB. When we cover you next time we won't call you stealthy, promise. What's the CouchDB Hello World? I want to take it for a spin.
Daniel Levine, December 15, 2009 3:20 PM
Congradulations, we need people like you to help build da Kalifornia of tomorrow -- the Governator
Arnold, December 15, 2009 4:12 PM
Excellent news Damien, and really well deserved. Hope it's a wonderful adventure!
Rory, December 15, 2009 4:23 PM
Congrats Damien! I've been following your blog since you were writing about Notes/Domino stuff. It's great to see you build up something that the geek'o'sphere knows about!
Re the move.. you'll have to get a Whistle Tip for your car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnzw_i4YmKk (the story was from Oakland) :)
Marcin, December 15, 2009 4:37 PM
Congrats Damien, way to go! Glad to see everything coming to fruition for you.
Art, December 15, 2009 4:58 PM
Congratulations Damien, on becoming a 2 million couch potato ;)
Awesome.
Thomas Gumz, December 15, 2009 5:02 PM
Damien, I am blown away by your accomplishments. Now, if you could somehow develop a jump shot, you would have it all. Best of luck in the future!
Kudla, December 15, 2009 6:44 PM
Best wishes from Berlin. Good Luck!
Chris64, December 15, 2009 6:46 PM
Good luck. I wish you well, and am excited to see your developments!
Carl, December 16, 2009 10:24 AM
Pretty cool indeed, congrats!
Bertrand Delacretaz, December 16, 2009 3:25 PM
I wish you all the best Damien!
Joscha Feth, December 16, 2009 3:57 PM
Great news!
Hire me a usability tester, if you create product that are targeted to end users (=not only developers). I discover bugs alwys :-)
Oliver Oli, December 17, 2009 6:00 AM
That's awesome.
Pete Lyons, December 17, 2009 8:56 AM
congratulations!
Tim, December 17, 2009 10:24 AM
Awesome news. Good luck on your start up
Jorge Vargas, December 22, 2009 11:57 PM
Here we go! I love you, always...
laura katz, January 5, 2010 1:00 AM
Hi Damien,
Congratulations! I've been following you via Google Reader for years.
And could you please give me an invitation code to try on couch.io? I'm making a blog tool running on Google App Engine (http://picky.olivida.com/picky), would like to try to use CouchDB as backend storage.
Best Regards,
Xin from China
Xin, January 12, 2010 5:13 AM
Could you give me an invitation code to try on couch.io?
thinks
inforabbi, January 13, 2010 2:15 AM
Could you give me an invitation code to try couch.io as well?
Thanks
Vanson Samuel, January 20, 2010 11:06 PM
Congrats Damien!
We look forward to your organization and I hope you will not hire a stupid CEO who sells the company to big guys :)
Vivek Khurana, January 21, 2010 2:16 PM
Me too. Could you please give me the code.
Andrew Dashin, February 9, 2010 12:46 PM
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