Data Infrastructure: Q1 2026 vs Q4 2025

Period-over-period comparison of data infrastructure startup engineering acceleration. How has the sector's engineering momentum changed between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026?

Startups (Q1 2026)

Startups (Q4 2025)

Avg Velocity (now)

641

Velocity Trend

+58%

Top 5 by Period

Q1 2026

1.dbt-labs+533%

2.VictoriaMetrics+97%

3.starlake-ai+80%

4.ClickHouse+58%

5.PostHog+15%

Q4 2025

1.dbt-labs+60%

2.debezium+21%

3.ClickHouse+6%

4.VictoriaMetrics-3%

5.PostHog-5%

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