The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Monday, August 31, 2026
Aaron Katz describes a moment of 'AI awakening' at ClickHouse, where they realized they were not adopting AI coding applications fast enough. After sending an email to Anthropic, the company saw explosive growth in their usage of these applications.
“So I sent an email to the company in the subject was the AI awakening, and I said, I think we're moving too slowly.”
“And I'm not seeing the adoption of these coding applications, for example, that I would expect to see for a leading database provider like Click House.”
“And the company rallied to the call and we've seen just this explosive growth in terms of our use of these applications.”