Instant
Building a modern, graph-based real-time database that simplifies backend management for frontend developers, optimized for the AI era.
At a Glance
- Frontend Developers
- Early-stage Startups
- AI Engineers
- Full-stack Developers
AI Tools by Instant
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GetADB
Instant Backend for AI Agents
InstantDB
Realtime Backend for AI Apps
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Latest News
InstantDB sings with AI: Enabling LLMs to build full applications via prompts.
Launch of 'create-instant-app' CLI for instant type-safe project scaffolding.
Essay: Why Sync Engines are the Future of App Development.
Instant raises $3.4 million seed round led by SV Angel and Y Combinator.
Products & Services
A real-time, graph-based database for frontend developers, supporting complex relational queries (InstaQL) and automatic sync.
Integrated authentication service supporting magic codes, Google, Apple, GitHub, and LinkedIn OAuth.
File and media storage service where uploads behave like database rows, governed by the same permission model.
Services for real-time collaboration features like cursor tracking, activity indicators, and large data broadcasting.
Market Position
Positions itself as a modern, graph-based alternative to Firebase, Supabase, and Convex, specifically targeting developers who want a 'headless' backend experience with powerful relational capabilities.
Leadership
Founders
Joe Averbukh
CEO of Instant. Previously Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb and Software Engineer at Facebook. Co-founder of JS Capital Ventures. API Engineer at Quixey.
Stepan Parunashvili
CTO of Instant. Previously Staff Software Engineer at Airbnb and Senior Software Engineer at Facebook. Software Engineer at Wit.ai (acquired by Facebook). Co-founder of startups in China.
Executive Team
Joe Averbukh
CEO & Co-Founder
Ex-Airbnb, Ex-Facebook software engineer.
Stepan Parunashvili
CTO & Co-Founder
Ex-Airbnb, Ex-Facebook, Ex-Wit.ai staff engineer.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by Joe Averbukh and Stepan Parunashvili after their experience at Airbnb and Facebook revealed major inefficiencies in frontend data management. They envisioned a 'database in the browser' that combines the power of relational queries with the simplicity of real-time sync.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based SaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) with tiered plans and usage-based overage charges for storage.
Pricing Tiers
Unlimited API requests, 1GB database space, community support, 1 team member per app.
10GB database space (+$0.125/GB overage), priority support, up to 10 team members per app, daily backups (7 days).
250GB database space (+$0.125/GB overage), Slack support, unlimited team members, unlimited pro apps.
Premium support, uptime SLAs, daily backups (30 days), custom database limits.
Target Markets
- Frontend Developers
- Early-stage Startups
- AI Engineers
- Full-stack Developers
- Real-time collaborative apps
- AI-agent generated applications
- Mobile and web apps needing offline support
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