Convex, Inc.
To fundamentally change how software is built on the Internet and who gets to build it by providing a radically simpler backend platform.
At a Glance
- Web developers
- Full-stack engineering teams
- Startups
- Enterprise product teams
AI Tools by Convex, Inc.
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TypeScript Full Stack Cloud Backend
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Products & Services
The core backend-as-a-service platform with a reactive database and real-time sync.
Modular, reusable TypeScript building blocks for backend logic.
AI-powered app builder for generating full-stack Convex applications.
Market Position
Positions as the simplest backend platform for TypeScript developers, replacing traditional databases and server management with a reactive, unified state management layer.
Leadership
Founders
Jamie Turner
Co-founder & CEO. Former Senior Engineering Director at Dropbox (Business Platform, Storage, Databases). Former Head of Engineering at Bump (acquired by Google).
James Cowling
Co-founder & CTO. Former Senior Principal Engineer at Dropbox (Storage Infrastructure). PhD from MIT in large-scale distributed transaction processing.
Executive Team
Jamie Turner
Co-founder & CEO
Former Senior Engineering Director at Dropbox and Head of Engineering at Bump.
James Cowling
Co-founder & CTO
Former Senior Principal Engineer at Dropbox; MIT PhD in Distributed Systems.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by former Dropbox senior engineers who built exabyte-scale storage systems and wanted to eliminate the complexity of backend engineering for modern developers.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription and resource-based usage pricing.
Pricing Tiers
For 1-6 developers. Includes file storage, search, crons, auth, and health dashboard.
Includes Starter features plus log streaming, exception reporting, HIPAA/SOC 2 reports, and daily backups.
For teams of 50+. Includes SAML/SSO, service SLAs, dedicated deployments, and volume pricing.
Target Markets
- Web developers
- Full-stack engineering teams
- Startups
- Enterprise product teams
- Real-time collaborative applications
- AI-powered SaaS products
- Full-stack web development
- Rapid prototyping
- Transactional workloads
- Y Combinator startups
- Hello Wonder
- Numerous independent AI app developers