Databases

Couchbase takes a leap in AI-driven search innovations by integrating vector search into their databases, offering transformative capabilities for AI application development.

AWS amplifies user options for Amazon Bedrock, adding new vector storage solutions like Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and enriching the range of available embedding models to boost data relevancy.

Zilliz unveils an upgraded version of its Zilliz Cloud, boasting a 10x performance increase and integration with major analytics and machine learning platforms.

In a ground-breaking initiative, Nile secures $11.6M to advance a serverless Postgres data layer, aiming to overhaul data backend systems for SaaS with multi-tenancy at the core of its design.

MongoDB advances its AI capabilities with two new offerings, MongoDB Atlas Vector Search and MongoDB Atlas Search Nodes.

PlanetScale launches Insights Anomalies, an advanced feature that leverages smart query monitoring to identify unusual queries in databases, offering users a transparent view of their database's health and making troubleshooting a breeze.

At the annual AWS re:Invent customer conference, Amazon introduced three innovative serverless products.

Amazon upgrades its AI-powered code generation tool CodeWhisperer to offer optimized suggestions for MongoDB based app development.

To streamline data ingestion and enhance its offerings, AI and data enterprise, Databricks, will acquire enterprise database software company, Arcion.

High-performance NoSQL database company, ScyllaDB, raises $43M to boost its growth and team expansion.

Oracle and Microsoft have partnered to introduce Oracle Database@Azure, which combines Oracle's powerful database services with Azure's cloud infrastructure.

The new release of Redis 7.2 brings a host of impressive features, including scalable search, auto tiering, and new cluster management for enterprise users.

DataStax introduces vector search capabilities into its DataStax Enterprise, an on-premise solution built on Apache Cassandra.

MotherDuck unveils its serverless cloud analytics platform, enabling organizations of all sizes to benefit from DuckDB-based analytics solutions without the complexity of managing it. This platform can cater to a wide range of use cases, providing user-friendly accessibility to valuable data insights.

AWS unveils AWS Glue Data Quality, a solution that optimizes high-quality data management across data lakes and pipelines while reducing manual work.

Database startup Ariga aims to make database management more straightforward with schema-as-code.

Cloudflare Workers now support outbound TCP socket creation with the connect() API, offering developers seamless access to TCP-based infrastructures, including databases, directly from a worker environment.

PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 is now accessible, featuring improvements in query execution, logical replication, and developer experience.

Yugabyte has released an update for its open-source distributed SQL database, YugabyteDB 2.18, with new features including multiregion Kubernetes support and an intelligent performance advisor for YugabyteDB Anywhere.

Meta is transitioning to MySQL Raft in its data centers, replacing its current MySQL semisynchronous databases.

Cockroach Labs announced that its open-source, fault-tolerant distributed SQL database, CockroachDB Dedicated, now supports Microsoft Azure and multiregion deployments.

Pinecone, the creator of the vector database category, has raised $100 million in a Series B investment round, bringing its valuation to $750 million. The company is experiencing exponential growth, with increasing interest in AI-driven semantic search and Large Language Models.

EnterpriseDB introduces EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) 5.0, a solution that aims to provide extreme high availability and operational resiliency for Postgres databases. PGD 5.0 features unique active-active technology, enabling enterprises to minimize downtime and protect their business-critical applications.

EdgeDB, a ground-breaking platform, is redefining relational databases to improve developer experience and address the challenges presented by outdated database technologies. It’s transforming the database landscape by boosting developer productivity while offering seamless integration with web app development tools.