MariaDB plc announced it is entering into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain Systems, Inc., the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite—merging MariaDB’s AI-ready relational database with GridGain’s scalable, in-memory power.
According to MariaDB, the move will set a new industry standard: sub-millisecond data infrastructure for the agentic era.
“The rise of agentic workloads has placed unprecedented demands on enterprise infrastructure, causing requirements to explode and requiring a level of scale and sub-millisecond latency that traditional systems simply weren’t built to handle,” said Rohit de Souza, CEO of MariaDB plc. “By uniting MariaDB’s platform with GridGain’s in-memory data grid, we are entering a new weight class. This enables us to provide a high-performance, scalable, open alternative to the rigid lock-in of Oracle and the fragmented complexity of hyperscalers.”
AI agents require real-time access to massive datasets with zero friction. This acquisition bridges that gap by fusing:
- MariaDB’s reliability: Proven, ACID-compliant transactional integrity for the world’s most sensitive data, with native vector capability and AI support.
- GridGain’s speed: Extreme-scale and in-memory processing that eliminates the disk-drive tax on performance.
MariaDB is trusted by thousands of enterprises and millions of developers worldwide, providing a seamless upgrade path from Oracle MySQL and a simplified migration for those moving away from Oracle, the company said.
The agentic enterprise requires data that is instantaneous without compromising on durability or reliability. Hyperscalers often offer this as separate, disconnected services.
According to the companies, the MariaDB-plus-GridGain integration will replace that fragmentation with a unified, hybrid-cloud platform capable of handling transactional, analytical and AI use cases in a single, high-velocity system—backed by reliable, enterprise support from a single company.
“Enterprises today cannot afford the latency introduced by siloed data architectures. With MariaDB and GridGain, enterprise customers will get a unified platform that provides them the best of both worlds, performance and scale without having to give up on durability,” says Lalit Ahuja, CTO of GridGain Systems, Inc. “The combined technology stack will unlock one of the key enablers for agentic enterprises: high-performance and reliable data processing that powers the next generation of AI applications.”
GridGain is a leading in-memory computing platform and is the original developer of the open source software Apache Ignite, the companies said.
GridGain enables companies to process massive amounts of data in real time. It provides security, high availability, distributed capability, management controls and integrations, helping enterprises achieve superior performance and scalability for their most demanding applications.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
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