What is Row Zero?

To improve self-serve data analysis, AWS rolled out Row Zero, a cloud-based spreadsheet that can open billion row datasets, connect directly to data warehouses, and provide enterprise-grade security controls.​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‍​​​​​​​​​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​​‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌

Databook is a high growth, AI sales platform that depends on fast, reliable data to run its business; however, Databook’s legacy BI stack slowed teams down, making it difficult to access data and answer questions in real time.

What do you do when your data set exceeds Microsoft Excel’s limit of 1 million rows? You could shell out thousands for analytics tools or even a big data warehouse, but you’ll probably still find yourself exporting CSVs to Excel. Another alternative has emerged with Row Zero, a new cloud-hosted spreadsheet developed by former AWS engineers that scales up to a billion rows.

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Row Zero, the enterprise spreadsheet built for big data and security, announced a seed round of $10M, led by IA Ventures, with participation from Trilogy Equity Partners, Founder's Co-op, Ludlow Ventures, K9 Ventures, Functional Capital, and Wes McKinney. The company had previously raised $3M, bringing its total funding to $13M.

Row Zero, a Seattle startup that sells spreadsheet software, raised $10 million in a seed round led by IA Ventures. Founded in 2021 by former engineers at Amazon Web Services, Row Zero is designed as an alternative to traditional spreadsheet tools from incumbents such as Microsoft and Amazon. The company pitches its software as a faster way to run complex analysis or process giant datasets.

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Crew Finance, Inc., a leading family banking app, announced that it is now using Row Zero’s connected spreadsheet to power its internal analytics. This partnership is a major milestone in Crew’s commitment to providing families with smarter financial tools, as Row Zero enables them to streamline their data analysis process and scale with their growing user base.

Sopro has partnered with Row Zero to significantly improve the efficiency and speed of big data analytics for marketing firms. By utilizing Row Zero's next-generation spreadsheet, Sopro is now able to analyze massive datasets in a fraction of the time, allowing for quicker insights and more informed decision-making.

This week on the Browsertech Podcast, I talked to Breck Fresen and Billy Littlefield of Row Zero about Row Zero, a browser-based spreadsheet that is built to be responsive even at billions of rows.

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When a spreadsheet gets big, your computer can get slow. Row Zero wants to help. The Seattle startup that describes its product as the “world’s fastest spreadsheet” just raised $3 million to take on the likes of Microsoft and Google with a spreadsheet tool designed for complex analysis or big datasets.

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