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MongoDB

software
Last discussed Oct 19, 2026

Document-oriented NoSQL database platform designed for modern applications and cloud computing.

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Rory O'Driscoll
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"The CEO of a standalone independent public company, MongoDB, a very successful $20 billion market cap public company, got an offer from Muse."

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Kevin Ryan
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Used for: Unstructured data storage in databases — a 20-year trend he identified Praised: Eventually dominant NoSQL database; strong developer adoption through free us... vs: Contrasted with DoubleClick which went public 24 months after founding — Mong...

"It took us a long time. We had to give away for free for a long time, used for inexpensive things, and then slowly got there. So, even after 8 years, we were doing 40 million in revenue, which is not that much. But the usage was growing dramatical..."

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Jeffrey Morgan
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vs: Used as an analogy for Ollama's transition from hobbyist/developer tool to en...

"For example, databases — we saw some of this too, where a database that started for devs like MongoDB very quickly also moved to enterprise."

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Nikesh Arora
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Used for: Core database infrastructure for enterprise data storage Praised: Undervalued, essential infrastructure vs: Listed alongside Databricks, Snowflake, and Oracle as essential infrastructure

"Infrastructure software undervalued. Databricks, snowflake, MongoDB, Oracle, all these things you need."

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Max Junestrand
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Praised: Built something that wasn't natural for bigger platforms to build vs: Example of specialized company successfully competing against AWS

"You can look at companies like MongoDB and you know how did they position themselves against AWS and what did they build which wasn't natural for a bigger platform like AWS to build"

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TBPN
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vs: Growth alongside traditional SQL databases like PostgreSQL

"I think Postgres installations probably grew and so did MongoDB and other non-relational databases"

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Ben Leavitt
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"We use MongoDB for the database."

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Sponsored mentions

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TBPN sponsored

"Let me tell you about MongoDB. Don't just build AI. Own the data platform that powers it."

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Joe Gebbia sponsored

"What's the only thing faster than the AI market? Your business on MongoDB. Don't just build AI. Own the data platform that powers it."

John Coogan sponsored

"What's the only thing faster than the AI market? Your business on MongoDB. Don't just build AI, own the data platform that powers it."

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Scott Galloway sponsored

"MongoDB is a unified AI-ready data platform that empowers you to build scalable generative AI applications. Start building at mongodb.com/ai."

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Alice Han sponsored

"MongoDB is a unified AI-ready data platform that empowers you to build scalable generative AI applications. It eliminates the need for separate specialized vector databases by combining a flexible document model natively with semantic vector searc..."

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