Serverless vector and full-text search database built on object storage.
turbopuffer is a serverless vector and full-text search database built on top of object storage, designed to make large-scale retrieval far cheaper than memory-bound vector DBs. It powers retrieval for products including Cursor and Notion. The company has stayed lean and profitable: it raised a small pre-seed in 2024, ran on a tiny team, and closed a seed round in December 2025 with Thrive Capital and Lachy Groom. turbopuffer has publicly noted it declined a larger Series A to prioritize independence; valuation terms were not disclosed.
AI📍 Ottawa, CanadaFounded 2023
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2026-Q1
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is turbopuffer going public?
No. turbopuffer is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is turbopuffer's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for turbopuffer. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has turbopuffer filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for turbopuffer.
Who are turbopuffer's investors?
turbopuffer's investors include Thrive Capital, Lachy Groom.
Is turbopuffer publicly traded — can you buy turbopuffer stock?
No. turbopuffer is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for turbopuffer on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile
CEO
Simon Eskildsen
Founded
2023
HQ
Ottawa, Canada
Employees
~20
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Seed · 9 mo ago
private1 disclosed rounds
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Seed
—
Dec 2025
Thrive Capital
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
3
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "turbopuffer" as of 2026-09-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+40% vs 2026-08
Open roles
7
via ashby
Product-build share
57%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
product-led hiring — 57% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Counted from turbopuffer's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.