May 14, 2025:
Databricks Acquires Neon for Serverless Postgres - Databricks plans to acquire Neon, a leading serverless Postgres company, to enhance AI agent-driven database workloads. Neon's architecture offers rapid, cost-efficient AI-native operations with features like instant branching and Postgres-compatible tools. This integration aims to eliminate inefficiencies in scaling AI workloads by aligning with the Databricks platform.
The acquisition will enable developers to create more responsive AI agents by using Neon's innovations and Databricks' extensive data intelligence capabilities. The deal is pending regulatory approval, with further announcements expected at the upcoming Data + AI Summit.
