We're building the database for applications and AI agents

Founded. In London, by Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock.

Open source. The engine, the SDKs and the tools are all built in the open.

In production. SurrealDB runs at scale for teams like Samsung, Verizon and Tencent.

OUR STORY

How we got here

2022Public launch
Jan 4, 2023$6M seed round
Sep 13, 2023SurrealDB 1.0
Nov, 2025$38M Series A
Feb 17, 2026SurrealDB 3.0
Sep, 2026Agent Memory

FAST FACTS

SurrealDB in numbers

33.1kStars on GitHub 93Releases shipped v3.3.0The latest release 4M+Developers building on SurrealDB 39People on the team $44MRaised in total, from seed to Series A

2022Launched to the world

889People online on Discord right now

THE PEOPLE

The people behind SurrealDB. We're based in London and around the world, and we build in the open alongside a much larger community.

Tobie Morgan HitchcockCo-founder and CEO
Jaime Morgan HitchcockCo-founder and COO
Beau den HeijerSoftware Engineer
Charli BaptiePeople and Experience Manager
Chiru BoggavarapuSenior Developer Experience Engineer
Corrado BogniExecutive Assistant to the Co-founders
Dale PendleburyVideo and Events Producer
Daniel ClimentSenior Backend Platform Engineer
Dave MacLeodTechnical Writer
Drew RidleyDatabase Engineer
Emmanuel KellerSenior Staff Engineer
Ganesh TenkamFinOps Analyst
Heather RaubSenior Account Executive
Ignacio PazGrowth Lead
Ingrid MorganExecutive Assistant to the Founders
Jacob WilsonSales Development Representative
Julian MillsSenior Software Engineer
Konstantin DatzDesign Contractor
Lizzie HolmesHead of Customer and Implementation
Lorena SzermanFractional Chief Revenue Officer
Lucy MackPeople Consultant
Manel MontillaSenior Cloud Engineer
Mark GylesSocial Media Lead
Martin SchaerSolutions Engineer
Matthew McFaddenCloud Engineer
Mees DelzenneSenior Software Engineer
Meriel CunninghamData and Systems Lead
Micha de VriesSoftware Engineer
Michael IsteedFinance Director
Ned Rudkins-StowEvents and Media Programmes Lead
Neeraj GuptaFinOps Associate
Nico OteizaData and ML Consultant
Nikita ShindeFinOps Associate
Rushmore MushambiSenior Software Engineer
Sean GleasonSales Development Representative
Stu SchwartzHead of Engineering
Travis FutasIn-House General Counsel
Yusuke KuokaSenior Software Engineer
Zeeshan SanaullahSenior Platform Engineer

INVESTORS

Our investors

Begin Capital

Alumni Ventures

OUR VALUES

The principles that shape how we work, how we hire, and how we build.

BEGIN;

Low ego. Transparency. Ambition.

Open minds, team success before individual credit, and ambition about what we build.

CREATE;

Collaboration. Curiosity. Drive.

We challenge assumptions, move quickly, learn as we go and build together.

UPDATE;

Clarity. Adaptability. Growth.

We iterate, share feedback openly and keep momentum when things change.

COMMIT;

Ownership. Focus. Customer-first.

We own our work, focus on what matters and stay close to our users.

IN PRODUCTION

Trusted at scale. Samsung, Nvidia, Verizon, Tencent and Walmart run on SurrealDB.

14,000+

Developers building on SurrealDB Cloud

4M+

Developers building on SurrealDB worldwide

FROM THE TEAMS

SurrealDB gives us a foundation where we can unify semantic search, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven decision making without stitching together multiple systems. Collapsing responsibility into SurrealDB has become our default engineering posture.

Justin Foley

VP of Engineering, Later

KEY FACTS

SurrealDB at a glance

COMPANY: SurrealDB Ltd; Registered in England and Wales (company number 13615201), and certified to SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus.
WHAT WE BUILD: SurrealDB and Agent Memory; A multi-model database for applications and AI agents, and a memory layer for agents that runs on the same engine.
FOUNDERS: Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock; Tobie is Chief Executive Officer and Jaime is Chief Operating Officer. Together they founded the company and lead it today.
HEADQUARTERS: London, United Kingdom; SurrealDB is headquartered in London, with a team of 39 working from London and around the world.
LAUNCHED: 2022; SurrealDB was released publicly in 2022. Version 1.0 followed in September 2023, and 3.0 in February 2026.
FUNDING: $44M; The company has raised $44M to date: a $6M seed round in 2023 and a $38M Series A in 2025.
INVESTORS: Six venture firms; SurrealDB is backed by FirstMark, Georgian, Chalfen Ventures, Begin Capital, Crew Capital and Alumni Ventures.
SOURCE CODE: Open on GitHub; The core engine, the SDKs and the tooling are developed in public, with every change and release on GitHub. github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb
LICENCE: BSL 1.1, Apache 2.0 and MIT; The core database is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1. The SDKs and libraries are released under Apache 2.0 or MIT. surrealdb.com/license
COMMUNITY: 4M+ developers; More than four million developers build on SurrealDB and its community is on Discord alongside the engineering team. discord.gg/surrealdb

What's next: memory for AI agents, built on the same engine.

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