In this episode of Finding Future Fit, host Heidi Hysell sits down with William Wechtenhiser and Israel Mirsky from the founding team behind MinusOneDB, to explore a physics-defying reimagination of backend infrastructure.

What You’ll Learn:

William is a veteran technologist with a rare cross-industry resume, spanning AI research in defense, developer tools at Adobe, Wall Street quant work, cancer research at Novartis, and Hollywood media infrastructure. After decades of solving the same data bottlenecks across wildly different verticals, he founded MinusOneDB to reimagine how modern startups handle storage, compute, and scale. His mission? Kill the plumbing so builders can focus on product and unlock the next generation of software faster, cheaper, and smarter.

Israel Mirsky is a repeat operator and strategic thinker with a track record of building and scaling systems at the intersection of media, data, and automation. Across roles in global advertising, product innovation, and emerging tech, he’s helped companies navigate messy data ecosystems, design more responsive infrastructure, and unlock new capabilities at the edge of what’s possible. At MinusOneDB, he leads strategy, ecosystem development, and evangelism—championing a reimagined data stack that gives high-growth teams leverage once reserved for the giants – and gives giants undreamed of abilities.

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