MongoDB spent over $700M on R&D, dedicating half to free software
Dev Ittycheria · Fireside Chat: Dev Ittycheria (President & CEO, MongoDB) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark) · Apr 27, 2021 · at 21:40
Dev Ittycheria is the President and CEO of MongoDB. He explains MongoDB's open-source monetization and licensing strategy in a conversation with FirstMark's Matt Turck.
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“We've invested over seven hundred million in R&D since we started the company, and more than 50% of that goes with the free product.”
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