Cesare Cugnasco

Founder of @Qbeast_io, Ph.D. in Computer Architecture. I like databases.

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

@outboundman Correct! No change at all to your query path😎

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

Cybersecurity is a game of catching up. Attackers spin up phishing domains in minutes — every minute undetected means more victims.
We indexed ErmesSecurity's data lake with Qbeast: domain lookups 30.4s → 2.5s (>10x). No DBT/SQL/Spark changes.
10x faster = 10x more attacks caught.
https://t.co/YwWyj3kocu

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

Here is one big reason why this matters. Time spent on non-LLM inference tasks is only going to increase. However, tools that these AI system use are *very* inefficient and have been built from the ground up for CPU and human use. There is a huge untapped opportunity there to significantly improve those processes with AI agents in mind from the ground up.

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

Gotta love Claude's random names for plans!

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

@tunguz 🤣

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

@mervenoyann very nice!

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

@paraschopra I loved it! I've never thought I would be cheering for the spiders!

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

@karpathy I totally agree. True understanding is not producing the most probable response to a question.
The most valuable insights are often the least likely ones.

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

Understanding is all you need.

[Cesare Cugnasco @cugni]

https://t.co/Y1XpIpMx61

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

This is the the quote I've been citing a lot recently.

[EU-Startups @EU_Startups]

#Spanish data infrastructure startup @Qbeast_io has raised €6.5 million in #Seed funding to accelerate the future of open #Lakehouseanalytics while expanding the team and furthering product development 🇪🇸 🌟

https://t.co/qvnGObOHTK

[Tech Barcelona @TechBarcelona]

🟢Seed round🟢

BSC spin-off and Tech Barcelona member @Qbeast_io has secured €6.57M in seed funding to help open data platforms scale efficiently.

Learn more about it👇
https://t.co/hcz4uKQlXu

[Surge @_surgeahead]

Qbeast was built to make high-performance analytics simple & accessible, without locking organizations into proprietary systems.
Congratulations @sriktweet & team @Qbeast_io on your funding announcement!
Read more 👇
https://t.co/biU8WcG6UF

[BStartup @BStartup]

#4YFN25 #MWC25 | Cesaro Cugnasco CEO & Co-founder @Qbeast_io: "Si no tienes una ciudad atractiva y un ecosistema atractivo, es muy difícil contratar a los mejores talentos. Tenemos que seguir trabajando en convertir #Barcelona en una ciudad atractiva para el talento"

[J On The Beach @JOTBConf]

💬 Short video interview with Flavio Junqueira, CTO at @Qbeast_io, at #JOTB24. Flavio is a renowned computer scientist and researcher known for his significant contributions to the field of distributed systems.
#data #bigdata #datalakehouse #distributedsystems

https://t.co/xkJ1upfz2M

[Qbeast @Qbeast_io]

Big news at Qbeast: we're welcoming @fpjunqueira as our new CTO! ⚡️

What's really amazing about Flavio is how he weaves together our product development with some exciting research work.

Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/DuiBiDvwaO

[Qbeast @Qbeast_io]

Last Thursday’s Spark Meetup at @Qbeast_io was something special, thanks to our speakers from @glovo, @HolaLuzcom, & @Adevinta and all of you who joined us!

Didn’t catch it live? No problem, the recording is here for you https://t.co/eFOHLitNbp

[Spark Barcelona @SparkBarcelona]

Full house at the Barcelona meetup today! Great speakers from @AdevintaEng @glovo @HolaluzEng, and thanks @Qbeast_io for hosting!