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Viraj Parekh
Co-founder of Astronomer and leader in commercializing Apache Airflow; guided Astronomer's pivot from a clickstream product to a managed Airflow platform and led early product, customer, and fundraising efforts.
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Dec 18, 2025
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He killed a $100K ARR product & pivoted—then raised $375M. | Viraj Parekh, Co-Founder of Astronomer
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Viraj Parekh, Co-founder of Astronomer and a pivotal figure in commercializing Apache Airflow, shares his startup journey from creating a clickstream product to pivoting into a managed Airflow service. He reveals the crucial lessons learned, like how constant customer conversations and asking the right questions validated their pivot. Viraj discusses the importance of resilience, especially during their slow climb to $1M ARR, and how being outside Silicon Valley led to unique challenges and innovative solutions in fundraising and customer engagement.
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