PGlite Acquired: What Databricks Buying Electric Changes

Databricks acquired Electric, the team behind the WebAssembly Postgres project PGlite and the Electric sync engine, on August 11, with Electric joining Neon, the serverless Postgres company Databricks bought for roughly $1 billion last year. PGlite, which reached 13 million weekly downloads, will remain open-source, but the hosted service will not. The acquisition signals a focus on how AI agents manage state.

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