# PGlite Acquired: What Databricks Buying Electric Changes > Source: > Published: 2026-08-18 22:11:16+00:00 PGlite went from a clever hack to corporate infrastructure in twelve months. The WebAssembly Postgres project that hit 13 million weekly downloads was just acquired by Databricks — and the reason is less about database strategy than about how AI agents are supposed to manage state. But before anyone panics: the open-source projects stay open. The hosted service does not. What Happened On August 11, Databricks announced that Electric — the team behind PGlite and the Electric sync engine — is joining Neon, the serverless Postgres company Databricks acquired for roughly $1 billion last year. Neon is the technical foundation […] The post