What Regatta does

Regatta is a private database infrastructure company founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, with 51-100 employees. The company builds RegattaDB, a distributed SQL database that unifies transactional (OLTP), analytical (OLAP), and vector search workloads within a single engine under a shared concurrency model. The architecture is storage-centric and built around a patented Concurrency Control Protocol (CCP) that delivers serializable isolation without snapshot overhead or clock synchronization, complemented by flash-optimized data layouts, row-level logical caching, Ranger version-cleanup logic, and stable row ID indexing. In 2025 Regatta repositioned the product specifically as "The Database For Agentic AI," targeting organizations deploying autonomous AI agents that require real-time transactional consistency, analytical reasoning, and semantic retrieval in one system.

The company was founded by veterans of enterprise storage companies ScaleIO and XtremIO — CEO and co-founder Boaz Palgi, CTO and co-founder Erez Webman, and VP R&D and co-founder Eran Borovik — with Jim Walker serving as Chief Product Officer. Regatta has secured early-stage backing from Comcast Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Native integrations span drivers for Python, Java, and JavaScript/TypeScript, ORM dialects for SQLAlchemy, Django, and TypeORM, and native Model Context Protocol support enabling direct connectivity for AI agents such as Claude and Cursor.

Regatta monetizes through subscription licensing of RegattaDB, offered via a managed cloud service (Regatta Cloud) and self-hosted RPM packages for Red Hat-based Linux distributions. The go-to-market is an enterprise field sales motion with consultative demos and custom pricing; no pricing tiers are published. Customer segmentation is horizontal, with primary positioning around AI agent infrastructure and secondary use cases spanning e-commerce personalization, real-time fraud detection, network operations automation, security incident response, and trading and risk management. No named customer logos, revenue figures, or contract values are publicly disclosed.

Name

Regatta

Legal name

Regatta

Website

https://regatta.dev

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Regatta is a private database company building RegattaDB, a distributed SQL database that unifies OLTP, OLAP, and vector search in a single engine for enterprise customers deploying AI agent infrastructure, with deployment via managed cloud or self-hosted packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Database Platform Subscription: RegattaDB appears to be offered as a subscription-based database platform, with both cloud-hosted (Regatta Cloud) and self-hosted deployment options. The company provides RPM packages for self-hosted deployment and likely offers managed cloud services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Regatta builds RegattaDB, a distributed SQL database that unifies OLTP (transactional), OLAP (analytical), and vector search workloads in a single engine under a proprietary Concurrency Control Protocol (CCP). The platform is purpose-built for AI agent applications that require real-time transactional consistency, live analytics, and semantic reasoning without ETL pipelines or data movement between separate systems.

Product overview

Regatta offers a single unified product, RegattaDB, which is a distributed SQL database that consolidates OLTP, OLAP, and vector search workloads into one system. Rather than separate products or modules, RegattaDB provides all three capabilities through a unified architecture with a shared concurrency model, enabling agents and applications to read live state, execute transactions, and reason over context in a single step. The platform supports deployment options including Regatta Cloud (managed service) and self-hosted deployments, with drivers and ORM integrations for Python, Java, and JavaScript/TypeScript.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RegattaDB RegattaDB is a distributed SQL database that combines OLTP (transactional processing), OLAP (analytical queries), and vector search in a single engine with a shared concurrency model. It is designed for AI agent systems and enterprise applications requiring real-time data, contextual reasoning, and serializable transactional consistency at scale without ETL pipelines. The product supports deployment via Regatta Cloud (managed service) or self-hosted via RPM packages.

Quantifiable outcome

• 750,000+ TPS sustained on 1.5 million warehouses at 98% tpmC efficiency
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Claude (Anthropic)coreTechnology or IntegrationRegattaDB ships with native MCP (Model Context Protocol) support, enabling Claude and any MCP-compatible AI agent to connect to live transactional data, run real-time analytics, and execute vector search through a single standardized connection. Users can add Regatta Docs as a connector in Claude.ai settings.
• CursorcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative MCP support enables Cursor IDE to connect to RegattaDB for AI-assisted database interactions, with live data access and vector search capabilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Snowflake: Snowflake is the leading cloud data warehouse/OLAP platform with $3B+ revenue and a massive customer base. It is comparable to Regatta as an analytics-focused data platform, though Snowflake lacks native OLTP and vector search in a unified engine the way RegattaDB does.
• Databricks: Databricks is the dominant lakehouse platform with $3B+ revenue, combining data warehousing, AI/ML, and ETL in a unified platform. It competes with Regatta in the unified analytics space and serves similar enterprise customers needing AI/ML infrastructure.

Direct peers

• ClickHouse: ClickHouse is a fast open-source column-oriented OLAP database that competes with RegattaDB's analytical capabilities. Both target real-time analytics on large datasets with high performance, though ClickHouse lacks native OLTP and vector search unification.
• SingleStore: SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) is a distributed SQL database offering HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) capabilities. It is a direct competitor to RegattaDB's unified OLTP+OLAP vision, targeting similar real-time analytics use cases.
• TiDB: TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database with HTAP capabilities, offering MySQL compatibility and horizontal scaling. It directly competes with RegattaDB in the distributed SQL/unified transaction and analytics space.
• Cockroach Labs: CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database focused on global, resilient OLTP workloads with horizontal scaling. It is a direct competitor to RegattaDB in the distributed SQL category, targeting enterprise customers needing geo-distributed transactions.

Emerging players

• DuckDB: DuckDB is an in-process analytical database (OLAP) that has gained massive adoption for embedded analytics. It competes with RegattaDB's analytical capabilities, particularly in scenarios where customers want lightweight, embedded analytical engines.
• StarRocks: StarRocks is a high-performance MPP database for real-time analytics, similar to ClickHouse. It competes with RegattaDB's OLAP capabilities, particularly for sub-second analytical queries on large datasets.
• Firebolt: Firebolt is a cloud-native data warehouse focused on sub-second analytics on large datasets. It competes with RegattaDB in the real-time analytics segment for enterprise customers needing fast query performance.
• MotherDuck: MotherDuck is a serverless cloud analytics platform built on DuckDB, targeting hybrid execution of analytical workloads. It is comparable to RegattaDB in providing modern analytical infrastructure, though focused on DuckDB's columnar model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Regatta_Data
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors8 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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