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Databricks acquires Electric to put Postgres inside AI agents
Databricks has acquired Electric, a startup specializing in WebAssembly-based Postgres databases, to enable AI agents to process data locally and reduce latency. The acquisition pairs Electric's PGLite and Sync with Databricks' Lakebase, creating a two-tier architecture for local and centralized data. Analysts see potential for faster, cheaper agentic apps, but governance and synchronization challenges remain.
Aug 136 minNeura News