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Connecting the Data Dots: How Isaac Wong Leads R&D at Cockroach Labs
When Isaac Wong talks about building systems, he puts people before servers or code. A mathematician turned engineering leader, Wong is constantly connecting abstract theory with real-world resilience. Today, as Executive Vice President of R&D at Cockroach Labs, he leads teams shaping one of the world’s most advanced distributed databases.

David Weiss
December 10, 2025
Database Modernization
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AWS
Scale Smart, Resilient, and Global: CockroachDB + AWS at re:Invent 2025
For Cockroach Labs and AWS, it’s been a year since we announced our Strategic Collaboration Agreement, and this is a moment to highlight how our partnership has grown. Today, we’re powering a new class of applications, from real-time genAI use-cases to scalable fintech platforms to globally resilient gaming experiences, ready to tackle the ever-changing landscape of tech advances.

Becca Weng
December 1, 2025
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Database Modernization
Events
From agents to architecture: How AI ushers in the next era of infrastructure
As part of our participation in Microsoft Ignite, Cockroach Labs hosted our latest Cockroach Connect, The Hidden Infrastructure Challenges Behind AI in San Francisco. In a day packed with activity, our CEO and co-founder Spencer Kimball moderated a powerhouse panel of investors: Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), and Lucas Swisher (Coatue). The conversation dove into the tectonic shifts underway in technology as AI redefines how systems and software are built, and how businesses operate.

Becca Weng
November 26, 2025
Events
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Distributed SQL + Vectors: A Match Made in Heaven
In today’s AI-driven world, enterprises need more than just fast queries or scalable storage, they need a unified data foundation that can power both real-time transactional workloads and vector-based AI applications. Traditionally, these two worlds have lived apart: transactional databases handled the operational data, while vector stores powered AI search and semantic similarity. But that separation comes at a cost: data fragmentation, slow pipelines, and operational complexity. What if you could have both in one system?

David Joy
November 18, 2025
User Metadata
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How to Build Scalable Metadata Management for AI Object Storage
AI systems, from LLM pipelines to generative image models, produce staggering volumes of unstructured data. But it's not the raw objects that cause operational headaches – it's the metadata: versions, references, lifecycles, and access policies. Without metadata management tools built into the database layer, object storage at scale quickly becomes unmanageable.

David Weiss
October 2, 2025
ai
Identity Access Management (IAM)
Building Unbreakable IAM Infrastructure for AI at Scale
Every AI application – whether it's an LLM-powered chatbot, an API platform, or a generative service – depends on a secure, always-on identity layer. IAM (identity access management) determines who gets access, what they can do, and how long their session lasts. When the database behind IAM fails, so does the AI experience.

David Weiss
September 3, 2025
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Retail & Ecommerce
Online Recommendation Engines with CockroachDB
Recommendation engines have gained immense importance in today’s digital landscape. As global competition intensifies, businesses frequently leverage recommendation systems to enhance user experiences, drive engagement, and boost revenue.

Amine El Kouhen, Ph.D.
August 27, 2025
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Ready to Scale AI? Start with the Database
AI has moved far beyond the experimental phase. Now it's powering customer experiences, streamlining operations, and driving entirely new business models.

David Weiss
August 19, 2025
Security
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Fraud Detection at Scale with CockroachDB & AWS AI
In the arms race against financial fraud, milliseconds matter.

Amine El Kouhen, Ph.D.
July 7, 2025