Your AI initiative is only as powerful as the architecture it’s built on. Legacy databases weren’t designed for elastic scale, always-on availability, or globally distributed data. And while many vector databases promise AI-friendly retrieval, they often introduce tradeoffs in performance, consistency, and operational complexity. Distributed SQL is changing that. The post Building AI-ready applications with Distributed SQL appeared first on Tech Research Online.
July 17, 2025 at 10:00am PDT
45 minutes
Your AI initiative is only as powerful as the architecture it’s built on. Legacy databases weren’t designed for elastic scale, always-on availability, or globally distributed data. And while many vector databases promise AI-friendly retrieval, they often introduce tradeoffs in performance, consistency, and operational complexity. Distributed SQL is changing that.
By combining the transactional integrity of relational systems with the scale and resilience of modern cloud infrastructure, distributed SQL provides a unified foundation for AI and operational workloads alike.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- What makes distributed SQL different, and why it’s uniquely equipped to support both transactional and AI workloads
- How combining vector and structured data in a single distributed system reduces architectural complexity and boosts performance
- Why pgvector support in CockroachDB enables fast, flexible AI retrieval in a Postgres-compatible interface
- How CockroachDB solves distributed vector indexing while preserving scale, latency, and resilience
Whether you’re modernizing legacy systems or building cloud-native applications, this exclusive dinner will provide actionable insights to future-proof your database strategy
Speakers
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Rob Reid
Technical Evangelist
Cockroach Labs

David Bressler
Staff Product Marketing Manager
Cockroach Labs
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About Us
At Cockroach Labs, we are redefining the future of data management with our innovative, cloud-native database solutions. Our flagship product, CockroachDB, is designed to help organizations scale with confidence, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and seamless performance across multi-region environments. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, we empower teams to build resilient applications while minimizing downtime and complexity. With a focus on reliability and scalability, Cockroach Labs is committed to helping businesses meet the demands of a rapidly evolving digital landscape
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