Questions & answers

What is PostgresAI?

We're building self-driving Postgres. Your database monitors itself, diagnoses problems, tests fixes, and hands you a PR. You approve, it ships.

What is self-driving Postgres?

Every week, another million Postgres databases spin up. AI builders, startups, side projects — everyone's shipping. But there are maybe 50,000 people on Earth who truly understand Postgres internals. The math doesn't work.

Self-driving Postgres is the solution: databases that take care of themselves.

The roadmap

2018-2024    │   FOUNDATION
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             │   Consulting: GitLab, Midjourney, Miro, Chewy, Suno...
             │   Thousands of RCAs, production incidents, 3am fixes
             │   Clusters scaled from 10 GiB to 100+ TiB
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             │   Building blocks:
             │   ├── postgres-checkup (health analysis)
             │   ├── DBLab Engine (thin cloning, branching)
             │   ├── postgres_ai monitoring (FOSS)
             │   └── PostgresAI Assistant (AI chat)
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2025         │   COPILOT                                    ◄── WE ARE HERE
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             │   AI watches, diagnoses, suggests
             │   Expert validation on every recommendation
             │   You approve, you merge
             │
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2026         │   AUTOPILOT
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             │   Safe operations run automatically
             │   Risky changes still need approval
             │   Self-driving: first versions late 2026
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2027+        │   SELF-DRIVING
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             │   Full autonomy
             │   Your Postgres runs itself
             │   You ship product
             │
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What is DBLab?

DBLab Engine enables database branching — instant, full-size clones of your Postgres in seconds, not hours. This lets us test every fix on a copy of your real database before it reaches you. Experiment at incredible speed, risk-free.

More: DBLab Engine documentation

How does PostgresAI Copilot work?

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║  Postgres  ║░──────▶║  ┃  Monitoring  ┃────▶┃ Health check ┃   ║░
║  database  ║░       ║  ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛     ┃   & Issues   ┃   ║░
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      └─────║ GitHub PRs / GitLab MRs ║░◀───║ AI tool (Cursor, …) ║░
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Open-source monitoring (postgres_ai) runs in your infra. Copilot watches 24/7, catches issues before they page you, and delivers fixes as pull requests.

This isn't another monitoring tool with dashboards and alerts. Copilot gives you actual solutions:

CREATE INDEX idx_orders_customer_id ON orders(customer_id); — tested on a clone, validated by experts, ready to merge.

We don't throw metrics at an LLM and pray. Our AI is built on battle-tested methodologies from 20 years of production incidents. Every recommendation is verified against your actual data. We're a Google for Startups AI company with rigorous experimental pipelines.

Expert + AI > Either alone.

How much?

$500/month per cluster.

Monitoring is free, forever, open source. Copilot adds the AI layer, expert validation, monthly deep-dive health checks, and direct Slack access to people who've seen everything.

Is my data safe?

Yes. Monitoring runs in your infrastructure. We see query shapes and performance metrics — not your actual data. Your secrets stay yours.

How do I start?

Currently in preview — reach out to [email protected] if you believe your case can positively influence our development and need to get access faster.