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Turbopuffer reached a $100 million annual run rate in March, 19 months after hitting the $1 million mark, while remaining profitable on less than $1 million in total funding

Its object storage database first powered Cursor and now serves Anthropic and Notion.

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turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

7:37 AM · May 21, 2026 View on X

Ottawa company by the way

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
2:43 PM · May 21, 2026 · 32.9K Views

I love Simon because he’s a cool dude and he let me invest.

I hate him because he makes me and every other CEO look like we’re spending money like MC Hammer.

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
4:50 PM · May 21, 2026 · 50.2K Views

Literally remember conversations with ctos about moving from pine cone to turbopuffer back in the day.

Nuts.

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
9:38 PM · May 21, 2026 · 13.9K Views

You’re telling me a turbo puffed this object?

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
3:14 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.6K Views

the only person who has possibly put me to work more than @Sirupsen is @acv (and both just as bashful when it comes to talking about progress)

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
4:08 PM · May 21, 2026 · 20.3K Views

@ArfurRock Secondary?

Arfur RockArfur Rock@ArfurRock

<$1M raised? Thrive writing $100K checks now?

3:53 PM · May 21, 2026 · 98.4K Views
5:25 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1.3K Views

turbopuffer is a very cool product. a lot to learn there.

Simon EskildsenSimon Eskildsen@Sirupsen

turbopuffer crossed $100M run-rate in March. 19mo after $1M. Profitable & <$1M raised. Cursor・Anthropic・Notion・Cognition・Harvey・Bridgewater・Ramp・Linear・Legora・Superhuman・Atlassian・Granola We’d be nowhere without them. We work like hell to exceed their expectations.

2:37 PM · May 21, 2026 · 1M Views
4:57 PM · May 21, 2026 · 7.8K Views
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