9 Aug 2026
Signal Headquarters
Vol. I
No. 185
Software

What is Neon?

Neon is a serverless Postgres database platform that competes with Supabase. As of mid-2026, it is characterized by high agent-driven database creation and massive scale.

Release history

  • May 2026 - Jason Lemkin said that at Neon, over 90% of databases are built by agents, not by humans.
  • Jun 2026 - Reynold Xin reported that Neon was creating 13 million databases per day.

In the discourse

Attributed discussion of Neon.

By the numbers

Over 90% of databases at Databricks Neon are created by AI agents, not humans.

“At data bricks neon, which is their superbase competitor, over 90% of the databases are built by agents, not by humans.”
Jason Lemkin · 28 May 2026
Company & tool watch

Databricks Neon: a Supabase competitor where >90% of database creation is already agent-driven, making it a leading indicator of agentic infrastructure adoption.

“At data bricks neon, which is their superbase competitor, over 90% of the databases are built by agents, not by humans.”
Jason Lemkin · 28 May 2026
Company & tool watch

Neon, acquired by Databricks, is scaling serverless Postgres to 13 million database launches per day, making it a key infrastructure bet on agent-era ephemeral compute needs.

“I think 13 million databases a day now.”
Reynold Xin · 24 Jun 2026
By the numbers

Neon (acquired by Databricks) launches approximately 13 million databases per day.

“I think 13 million databases a day now.”
Reynold Xin · 24 Jun 2026
Signal Headquarters · reference note, compiled from attributed expert discussion. Last updated 2026-06-25.