The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Monday, August 31, 2026
Aaron Katz states that AI tooling has enabled ClickHouse to ship products faster and enter new product categories two years ahead of schedule. He explains their acquisition strategy: building organically when internal teams can innovate, and acquiring when founders are building on ClickHouse in strategic future categories.
“We're shipping products faster than we ever have. We're entering new product categories two years ahead of where we thought we would.”
“If I think that our product and engineering teams can innovate in a specific area that we're not in today, then I'll let that play out organically. If I see a founder or group of founders that are building on top of Click House, that are getting into a category that I think is going to be a future component of what we build as an ultimate data platform, then I think about doing something inorganically.”