Technical Talks

Pranav Aurora

Co-Founder | Mooncake Labs

Zhou Sun

Co-Founder | Mooncake Labs

AI Launchpad 2025: Mooncake Labs

Pranav Aurora and Zhou Sun share insights from Mooncake, a real-time search and analytics system built on object-store for GenAI applications, exploring open development principles on open table formats. Like the delicacy it's named after, this system offers valuable perspectives on building shared, open-source solutions that everyone can enjoy, particularly relevant for teams developing search and analytics capabilities for AI-powered applications.

Co-Founder

Pranav Aurora

Mooncake Labs

Pranav Aurora is Co-Founder at Mooncake Labs, a systems company backed by Khosla Ventures that's reimagining data infrastructure with object store technology. Previously, he served as Senior Product Manager at SingleStore, where he contributed numerous articles and product innovations. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Computer Science and Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude), Pranav also held roles at Microsoft working on Project xCloud and Azure Networking, and was a Fellow at Fusion Fund focusing on early-stage deep tech.

Co-Founder

Zhou Sun

Mooncake Labs

Zhou Sun is Co-Founder and CEO of Mooncake Labs, building innovative data infrastructure with a focus on open data stack solutions. Previously, he served as Director of Engineering at SingleStore for over 9 years, where he led the query team specializing in query execution, storage engines, and code generation frameworks. With deep expertise in columnstore technology, LLVM-based query compilation, and database optimization, Zhou is passionate about creating seamless solutions that handle both analytical and transactional workloads. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.