Snowflake announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, an open source PostgreSQL technology, to advance its vision to be the ultimate platform for data-driven innovation.
This move will allow the company to deliver Snowflake Postgres, a new kind of Postgres designed to power the most demanding, mission-critical AI and transactional systems at enterprise scale and with enterprise confidence.
Snowflake Postgres will give developers the full power and flexibility of open source Postgres while providing the uncompromising governance, security, and operational standards that enterprises require, all within Snowflake’s powerful platform.
This will allow companies to speed up AI development and simplify data management with a secure, compliant database solution ready for enterprises across industries, including Fortune 500 financial institutions, high-scale SaaS companies and federal agencies.
Snowflake Postgres will directly address the call for an enterprise-ready and developer-friendly Postgres, the company said.
With the closing of this acquisition, which is expected to happen imminently, Snowflake will bring Crunchy Data’s proven enterprise-focused operational model, deep Postgres expertise, and specialized compliance support to the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.
The result is Snowflake Postgres: a secure, compliant, and fully managed Postgres database that empowers developers with familiar tools designed to build production-ready AI agents and apps, while also satisfying the most rigorous enterprise demands.
With Snowflake Postgres, users will be able to:
- Meet stringent enterprise requirements: Leverage Crunchy Data’s enterprise-hardened security features and built-in support for critical compliance standards to ensure data integrity and regulatory compliance for sensitive AI workloads and mission-critical applications.
- Streamline development and accelerate AI innovation: Eliminate complex database administration and operational silos. Snowflake Postgres will bring transactional Postgres data to Snowflake, speeding up innovation and giving developers advanced tools for greater agility, visibility, and control, so they can build trustworthy AI agents and applications faster.
- Run mission-critical workloads with confidence: Harness the scalability of the Snowflake platform to meet the most demanding operational needs. Companies deeply invested in the Postgres ecosystem will be able to migrate and run existing applications on Snowflake without rewriting code, and roll out new ones more confidently.
By providing a secure and scalable database built on trusted, open source Postgres, Snowflake Postgres will ensure enterprises can build and deploy AI agents and applications with the enterprise rigor they require, while also streamlining the development workflow for their teams.
Crunchy Data established itself as a leader in providing trusted, open source Postgres solutions specifically designed for business-critical environments.
Crunchy Data’s technology has been engineered for the entire lifecycle of building, deploying, and operating the most important enterprise workloads. Crunchy Data offers out-of-the-box access to essential performance metrics, built-in connection pooling for robust scaling, logging support, and a powerful developer interface that makes it faster and easier to build amazing apps.
“Access to a PostgreSQL database directly within Snowflake has the potential to be incredibly impactful for our team and our customers, as it would allow us to securely deploy our Snowflake Native App, LandingLens, into our customers’ account. This integration is a key building block in making it simpler to build, deploy and run AI applications directly on the Snowflake platform,” said Dan Maloney, CEO of Landing AI.
The Crunchy Data acquisition is expected to close imminently and is subject to customary closing conditions. After the closing, Snowflake said it will share further details about the future of Snowflake Postgres and how it will transform how to build and deploy the most critical applications in the AI Data Cloud.
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