Over 80% of new databases are created by AI agents, Neon says
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-08-19
The second-fastest growing infrastructure category is databases: Neon reports over 80% of new databases are created by AI agents; Supabase's figure exceeds 60%.
Agents spin up thousands of apps a day, requiring databases that provision in seconds, cost near-zero when idle, and can be instantly cloned — traditional architectures can't keep up.
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