Monica Sarbu, founder of Xata.io, and Tudor Golubenco, the CTO, share their journey from Elastic to launching Xata, a Postgres database platform. They discuss the challenges of schema management and the innovations behind their free tier, which supports both developers and nonprofits. The duo also explores how user-friendly database solutions can empower underrepresented groups in tech and the significance of their open-source roots in shaping Xata's mission.