Data & Databases
Database as a service (DBaaS) in the AI era: Postgres as a service, vector search and hybrid retrieval, databases on Kubernetes, and keeping data consistent across many databases.
All 5 Agentic SaaS Talks episodes about Data & Databases.
Data & Databases episodes
Episode 36: Data Consistency for AI: How ScalarDB Unifies Databases and Speeds Migration
Joe McCunney, CEO of Scalar Labs, makes the case that reliable, consistent data across environments is the hidden bottleneck for enterprise AI, especially in large organizations juggling 300+ database types. He explains how ScalarDB acts as a database-agnostic binder that connects multiple data sources and treats them as a single database, and how the company's open source refactoring agent generates architecture docs and migration plans that cut enterprise design time by up to 85%.
Episode 26: The Future of DBaaS in an AI World: Vector Search, Hybrid Retrieval and Postgres
As SaaS evolves for AI, so must the database. AWS's Subbu Ramarao joins the panel to examine how AI-native workloads and agentic access patterns, vector search, hybrid retrieval, and unpredictable agent-generated queries, are reshaping the DBaaS landscape, plus the resurgence of Postgres and how BYOC and pricing pressures are changing managed data services.
Episode 25: Cloud-Native Databases on Kubernetes for AI Agents, with Sergey Pronin
Sergey Pronin, founder of Solanica and former Percona engineer, joins the panel to discuss why the SaaS-only data model is fracturing. The conversation covers 'Dark Matter Data' trapped inside enterprises, treating databases like cattle on Kubernetes, API-driven self-service provisioning, and why donating Open Everest to the CNCF matters for license-stable infrastructure.
Episode 21: From Open-Source to SaaS with Head of Engineering at Onehouse
Varun Madan, Head of Engineering at Onehouse, walks through the journey of transforming the open-source Apache Hudi project into a high-performance, enterprise-ready SaaS platform. Covers data lakehouse architecture, building SaaS offerings, and includes a live demo of real-time data ingestion.
Episode 15: The Evolution of Postgres as a Service (DBaaS) with Xata's Founder
Tudor Golubenco, CTO of Xata and co-founder of Packetbeat joins us to explore how DBaaS for Postgres has matured, what Builders need today, and where the next wave of innovation is headed. Postgres has long been a cornerstone open-source database. What's changed dramatically is how it's delivered as a managed service (DBaaS), from the early days of AWS RDS to today's serverless, developer-first platforms like Xata.