# ObsessionDB

[ObsessionDB on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/obsessiondb)

Startup · 3 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://obsessiondb.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/obsessiondb)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/obsession-db)
- [X](https://x.com/ObsessionDB)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/obsessiondb)

## About

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## YC company profile

Real-time data warehouse for agents

ObsessionDB is a real-time data warehouse that makes your data stack agent-ready. Your agents can ingest and query vast amounts of data in seconds, without the scary infra bill. Powered by our own more efficient fork of ClickHouse®.

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 5
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Analytics, Big Data, Databases
- **YC partner:** Christopher Golda

## Founders

### Rafael Aviles — Founder/CEO

Co-Founder & CEO at ObsessionDB. Bootstrapped our previous company to $1.5 M ARR and ran it profitably for 4 years, serving 5 billion real-time API requests per month. We ran data workloads at petabyte scale. Previously worked with the data team at enterprises like Wendy's, Victoria's Secret, FOX, Disney, Axel Springer, and Groupon.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avilesco/) · [X](https://x.com/avilesrafa)

### Marc Höffl — Founder

Founder at ObsessionDB. Serial founder with 4 companies, including Frens (acquired by Swyke) and Laserfocus (YC W20). Previously CTO at Numia building real-time blockchain data infrastructure. Founded Gambify in 2014, soccer app scaled to 6 figure players with support from German National Team. Engineering Manager at Localytics. MS in Data Science from KTH Stockholm, MS in Cloud Computing from TU Berlin.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-h%C3%B6ffl/)

### Marc Leuthardt — Founder

Co-Founder at ObsessionDB (YC F26). Previously co-founded Numia, scaling blockchain infrastructure to serve billions of monthly requests across 100+ blockchains. Co-founded and CTO at Frens (acquired by Swyke), autonomous infra validating 70+ blockchains. Co-founded and CTO at Lokalportal, led a team of 25. Degree in chemistry and economics. For a year spent a few mornings a week in a highschool chemistry lab to blow up things with students.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-leuthardt) · [X](https://x.com/marcmacmac)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/obsessiondb) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Marc Höffl](https://hacklab.so/marc-hoffl) — Founder (Present)
- [Marc Leuthardt](https://hacklab.so/marc-leuthardt) — Founder (Present)
- [Rafael Aviles](https://hacklab.so/rafael-aviles) — Founder/CEO (Present)