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▶ 34:40 · $SPCX · MongoDB CEO: Space-based data centers physically possible, not bearish on concept
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Data is Back: MongoDB, Databricks, Snowflake

2026-07-20 · 8 company · 8 thematic
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cj desai

CJ Desai became CEO of MongoDB in November 2024 after a career in product and engineering at Oracle, Symantec (under John Thompson), and ServiceNow (under Fred Luddy). He emphasizes customer-driven innovation, meeting 10-12 customers weekly, and positioning MongoDB as the operational data layer for AI agents.

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“physics- wise, at least from what I have read, it seems like it is there is a nonzero chance of it succeeding, meaning it will succeed once you put enough uh um attention, resources, focus on it. And like we saw some of the frontier labs,…”
—cj desai

episode shorts · 6

MongoDB CEO CJ Desai explains how AI is lowering the cost of bu…

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