Ask HN: Who wants to fund DB research?

You may have heard there’s a funding crisis for science in general, and for computer science in particular. Within CS, despite billions of dollars being spent for AI research, there is less and less funding for traditional areas. I work in Databases, and have seen many colleagues switching to AI-related work like vector DBs and agent systems, even though there have been lots of exciting breakthroughs on core DB topics like WCOJ and Datalog, to name a few. As I write this, a post on DuckDB v2.0 is top 1 of Hacker News, with many users commenting it’s one of their favorite pieces of software. DuckDB is the direct result of decades of DB research [1].

HN has a tradition of “who’s hiring” posts, and I figured we could also do a “who’s funding” post. If you are interested in funding DB research, feel free to leave a comment, or reach out to me directly [2]. If you are working in DB and are looking for funding, leave a comment under this post: [3].

[1]: https://duckdb.org/why_duckdb#standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants

[2]: https://remy.wang

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336154