Snowflake, the AI data cloud company, announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, a leading provider of trusted open source Postgres technology and products, at its annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025. The acquisition will deliver Snowflake Postgres, a developer-friendly, AI-enabled, enterprise-grade PostgreSQL database, to the AI data cloud, helping developers get the most out of Postgres and providing the uncompromising governance, security, and operational standards essential to building and running mission-critical AI applications.
Enterprises across all industries are demanding an enterprise-grade, secure Postgres solution with full Postgres compatibility for their production applications. Snowflake Postgres delivers Crunchy Data’s enterprise-grade solution, proven within a FedRAMP compliant environment, directly on Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud.
PostgreSQL remains the most widely used database among developers , with 49% of developers reporting using it. Snowflake Postgres makes it easy for developers to build, deploy, and scale production AI agents and AI apps. Snowflake Postgres leverages Crunchy Data technology, which was built not just for quick trials but for the full lifecycle of building, deploying, and operating your most important enterprise workloads. Crunchy Data provides out-of-the-box performance metrics, powerful built-in extensibility features, and a rich interface that enables developers to build amazing apps faster.
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Snowflake Postgres enables customers and partners, such as Blue Yonder and LandingAI , who leverage PostgreSQL for their application operational data , to increase development velocity, improve operational efficiency, and gain a competitive edge as they rapidly move to AI agents.
“Our vision is to provide our customers with the world’s most trusted and comprehensive data and AI foundation,” said Vivek Raghunathan, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Snowflake. “Today’s proposed acquisition of Crunchy Data further demonstrates Snowflake’s position as the ultimate platform for all enterprise data and AI needs. We are committed to addressing a massive $350 billion market opportunity and the real needs of our customers who want to leverage Postgres on Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud.”
“Crunchy Data was built on a vision to provide the Postgres solution of choice for leading enterprise organizations,” said Paul Laurence, co-founder of Crunchy Data. “Our unwavering commitment to rigorous security and comprehensive compliance has made us the trusted Postgres partner for highly regulated industries such as federal agencies, Fortune 500 financial institutions, and large SaaS companies. We’re excited to work with Snowflake to help Snowflake customers who already leverage Postgres feel more confident and secure running their regulated, mission-critical workloads on the Snowflake platform.”
With the closing of the transaction, Snowflake will continue to contribute to the Postgres community, support existing Crunchy Data customers, and integrate Crunchy Data capabilities into Snowflake Postgres. Snowflake Postgres builds on the company’s commitment to transactional data, which began with Unistore , Snowflake’s integration of transactional and analytical data in a single database. Snowflake Postgres delivers the capabilities of Unistore, plus an enterprise-ready solution for transactional applications that require PostgreSQL compatibility.
SOURCE: PRTimes
