The [Relational Riverside Rumble](https://ottertune.com/rumble2022/) will pit one of the world’s best PostgreSQL DBAs against OtterTune’s [AI-powered PostgreSQL tuning algorithms](https://ottertune.com/postgresql/), originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
We will award somebody **$10,000 (USD) in cash** if they can make an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL database run better than OtterTune from tuning knobs. If OtterTune wins, we will still give the DBA $4,000 for their time and make a $6,000 donation to the International Otter Survival Fund in their name. - Submission Deadline: July 31, 2022 - Competitor Selection: September 1, 2022 - Competition: December 2022 There are two ways you can get involved: - Call for competitors - Compete for the $10,000 prize. You can be from anywhere; we're looking for a very experienced competitor. - Call for databases - have an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL database you'd like to see the competitors optimize? [Learn more or participate](https://ottertune.com/blog/relational-riverside-rumble-2022/).
