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AI agents drive database sprawl, Cockroach Labs CEO says
Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball argues that AI agents are causing database sprawl, as each agent requires its own data store. He proposes that new database technologies must adapt to handle the demands of AI agents. The company sees this as both a challenge and an opportunity for its distributed SQL database.
Meridian48 take
The claim that AI agents cause database sprawl is self-serving for a database vendor, but the underlying trend of agent-specific data stores is real and worth watching.
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AI agents: Cause of database sprawl. And also the proposed solution →
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