Neon Inc.
Neon is building the agent-native backend stack for developers and AI agents, delivering cloud primitives like serverless Postgres, branching, and autoscaling.
At a Glance
- Developers
- AI Startups
- SaaS Companies
- Enterprise AI Teams
AI Tools by Neon Inc.
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Neon MCP Server
MCP Server for Neon Postgres
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Latest News
Databricks to acquire serverless Postgres startup Neon for $1 billion.
Neon raises $25M in strategic funding led by Microsoft's M12.
Neon Serverless Postgres reaches General Availability.
Neon releases MCP Server for AI agents.
Products & Services
A fully managed, cloud-native PostgreSQL database that separates storage from compute, allowing for autoscaling and scale-to-zero capabilities.
Git-like branching for databases, allowing developers to create instant, isolated copies of their data and schema for testing and development.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI agents to interact with Neon databases, providing architectural context and data access.
The first serverless Postgres database natively integrated with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Market Position
Positioned as the leading serverless Postgres provider with unique branching capabilities and deep integration into AI workflows via MCP.
Leadership
Founders
Nikita Shamgunov
Co-founder and CEO of Neon. Previously co-founder and CEO of SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) which he grew to over $100M ARR. Earlier roles as a core database engineer at Microsoft (SQL Server) and Facebook.
Stas Kelvich
Co-founder at Neon. Experienced Postgres hacker and ex-physicist. Previously worked at SingleStore and various startups where he focused on database internals and search engines.
Heikki Linnakangas
Co-founder at Neon. A prominent PostgreSQL committer for over 20 years. Previously held senior engineering roles at VMware, Pivotal, and Greenplum.
Executive Team
Nikita Shamgunov
CEO
Former CEO of SingleStore; Microsoft and Facebook database engineer.
Stas Kelvich
Co-founder / CTO
Postgres contributor and ex-physicist; specialized in storage engine re-architecture.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Neon was incubated at Khosla Ventures with the vision of re-architecting PostgreSQL for the cloud. The founders recognized that traditional databases were not built for modern serverless and AI-driven applications, leading them to develop a system that separates storage and compute.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Usage-based serverless model with monthly subscription tiers.
Pricing Tiers
512MB storage, shared compute, 20 hours of compute for branches.
10GB storage, 300 compute hours, runs primary 24/7.
Pay-as-you-go for storage and compute beyond Launch limits.
SLA-backed, custom limits, and advanced support.
Target Markets
- Developers
- AI Startups
- SaaS Companies
- Enterprise AI Teams
- AI agent backends
- Serverless web applications
- Dev/test environments
- Scalable SaaS backends
- dev.to
- Replit
- Vercel