MariaDB to Acquire GridGain: Architecting the Real-Time Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise

2026-03-09 - 13:13

MILPITAS, Calif. & DUBLIN -- MariaDB plc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain Systems, Inc., the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite. By merging MariaDB’s AI-ready relational database with GridGain’s scalable, in-memory power, MariaDB is setting a new industry standard: sub-millisecond data infrastructure for the agentic era. Read More