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Databricks acquires Electric to give every AI agent its own Postgres database
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Databricks acquired Electric, the startup behind the WASM-based Postgres project PGlite and the Electric sync engine, to provide AI agents with individual Postgres databases.
This acquisition signals a shift toward per-agent database isolation rather than shared centralized storage, which changes how engineers will architect state management for AI agent systems. PGlite's WASM foundation means these database instances can run in environments where traditional Postgres cannot, opening new deployment patterns for agent workloads.
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Databricks acquired Electric, which built PGlite, a WASM-based Postgres implementation, and the Electric sync engine.
The acquisition is framed around giving every AI agent its own isolated Postgres database instance.
PGlite's WASM architecture enables Postgres to run in browser and edge environments where traditional deployments cannot.
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