Databricks

Databricks has acquired Electric, pairing its WASM-based local Postgres, PGlite, with a real-time sync engine to give AI agents fast local data alongside its centralized Lakebase database.

The Linux Foundation and Databricks unveiled OpenSharing on June 10, a vendor-neutral protocol that extends Delta Sharing's zero-copy model to agent skills, AI models, and unstructured data.

Databricks has made Lakebase generally available on Azure across 14 regions, completing a multi-cloud rollout of its serverless PostgreSQL database built on technology from its Neon and Mooncake Labs acquisitions.

The third Iceberg Summit in San Francisco brought 70+ sessions and announcements from Snowflake, Google, Dremio, Databricks, and AWS as the open table format's V3 specification reaches production readiness.

Databricks has made Lakebase, its serverless PostgreSQL database built on acquired Neon technology, generally available on Azure with autoscaling compute, high availability, and compliance certifications across 14 regions.