- Published on June 30, 2025
- In Global Tech
‘PostgreSQL Eats the World, But CockroachDB Digests It’
The core difference offered by CockroachDB lies in its horizontal scaling capabilities.
- By Siddharth Jindal
The database market is undergoing significant changes, driven by increasing demands for scale, resilience, and the burgeoning era of AI agents.
Speaking exclusively to AIM, CockroachDB CEO Spencer Kimball stated that the shift towards distributed SQL databases built on a solid PostgreSQL foundation is becoming increasingly crucial for businesses of all sizes, not just tech giants.
The core difference offered by CockroachDB lies in its horizontal scaling capabilities. While it strives to maintain a PostgreSQL-like interface, distributed operations require a different approach.
“Cockroach didn’t reject Postgres. It re-architected it from the ground up to meet the scale, distribution, and the consistency AI demands,” Kimball said.
He further added that scaling 10
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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