[Sponsor Track] Torsten Steinbach: From Transactions to Intelligence: Postgres for Open AI & Analyti

Postgres has thrived for decades as the world’s most trusted open-source database, powering an extraordinary share of transactional workloads across industries. But the data landscape is shifting: analytics and AI demand far richer data modalities, more diverse programming models, and new ways of consuming data. To meet this future, Postgres must not only endure — it must evolve. In this talk, we’ll explore three powerful pathways driving that evolution. First, the organic path, where Postgres itself grows new capabilities — think WarehousePG for analytics or pgvector and friends for AI. Second, the hybrid path, where Postgres joins forces with other open-source engines like DataFusion and open metadata frameworks such as Iceberg REST catalogs. And third, the augmented path, where Postgres extends into entirely new ecosystems — becoming a first-class citizen in agentic AI through robust MCP-driven tooling.