About us
Our purpose
We’re rebuilding database access for the AI era.
From open standards to production systems, Columnar brings speed, simplicity, and security to every database connection. We advance Apache Arrow and ADBC to break through bottlenecks wherever applications and agents connect to data. As AI multiplies the demands on every data system, our tools and infrastructure make data connectivity a solved problem, freeing builders and organizations to focus on what data enables.
Our team
- Ian Cook - Co-founder and CEO (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- David Li - Co-founder (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Matt Topol - Co-founder (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Kent Wu - Founding Engineer (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Bryce Mecum - Senior Software Engineer (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Emil Sadek - Senior Technical Account Manager (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Mandy Alimaa - Software Engineering Intern (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Sam Arch - Software Engineering Intern (LinkedIn, GitHub)
- Tatsuya Shima - Software Engineering Contractor (LinkedIn, GitHub)