As AI accele ates applicatio c eatio , ew TiDB Cloud capabilities help teams scale applicatio s with less database ma ageme t a d p ese ve age ts’ wo k ac oss sessio s
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TiDB, the ope -sou ce dist ibuted SQL database powe ed by Pi gCAP, today a ou ced ew TiDB Cloud capabilities that help o ga izatio s u established e te p ise applicatio s a d AI a d age tic wo kloads o a commo data fou datio .
U veiled today at SCaiLE 2026, the a ou ceme ts i clude the pla ed ge e al availability of TiDB Cloud P emium, public p eviews of B i g You Ow Cloud (BYOC) a d TiDB Cloud Filesystem, a d a public p eview of Postg eSQL suppo t o TiDB Cloud Sta te . Pi gCAP also a ou ced pla s to ope sou ce the co e code of TiDB X by the e d of 2026.
AI age ts a e accele ati g applicatio c eatio , i c easi g the data a d i f ast uctu e busi esses must ma age. I just six mo ths, AI age ts have c eated ea ly 3 millio database i sta ces o TiDB Cloud Sta te , the platfo m’s e t y-level offe i g. E te p ises eed to suppo t that g owth while keepi g costs a d ope atio al complexity u de co t ol. Age tic applicatio s add a othe equi eme t: p ese vi g wo k so age ts ca co ti ue ac oss sessio s. TiDB is exte di g its cloud platfo m to add ess these dema ds, buildi g o its expe ie ce suppo ti g la ge e te p ises, f o tie AI model develope s a d age t platfo ms.
TiDB’s MySQL compatibility allows ma y existi g applicatio s to move o to TiDB with mi imal code cha ges. At Pi te est, adopti g TiDB simplified its data i f ast uctu e, e abled the eti eme t of seve al i -house systems a d educed mai te a ce ove head, with i f ast uctu e cost savi gs of a ou d 50%.
TiDB Cloud offe s pla s fo diffe e t applicatio eeds. Sta te helps develope s get sta ted with o -dema d usage, while Esse tial, i public p eview, gives g owi g applicatio s g eate co t ol ove capacity. P emium, pla ed fo GA i Novembe , suppo ts busi ess c itical applicatio s with automatic scali g, isolated esou ces a d adva ced secu ity. Dedicated emai s available fo o ga izatio s that eed b oade cloud a d egio al cove age a d co figu able cluste s.
BYOC, e te i g public p eview, adds a deployme t optio fo o ga izatio s that wa t TiDB Cloud’s ma aged database ope atio s withi thei ow cloud accou t, helpi g them educe ope atio al wo k while etai i g co t ol of thei data e vi o me t.
Atlassia demo st ates how TiDB helps simplify ope atio s at scale. Fo Fo ge SQL, its hosted elatio al database se vice fo develope s, Atlassia co solidated mo e tha 750 Postg eSQL cluste s i to 16 TiDB cluste s suppo ti g mo e tha 3 millio tables. Vi od Kuma , VP a d Head of E gi ee i g at Atlassia , will discuss how Atlassia u s dema di g e te p ise wo kloads o a si gle data fou datio i his SCaiLE 2026 key ote.
Postg eSQL suppo t o TiDB Cloud Sta te is e te i g public p eview, ope i g TiDB Cloud to teams buildi g withi the Postg eSQL ecosystem. The p eview is a step towa d a seamless expe ie ce that lets Postg eSQL develope s build a d g ow e te p ise a d age tic applicatio s with less database ma ageme t, usi g familia skills a d tools. TiDB Cloud Filesystem, also e te i g public p eview, gives AI age ts a pe siste t wo kspace that outlasts the sa dbox i which they u . Saved code, co text files a d othe wo k emai available whe a age t sta ts a ew sessio i a ew sa dbox, allowi g it to co ti ue f om p io wo k i stead of ebuildi g its wo kspace.
Pi gCAP pla s to ope sou ce the co e code of TiDB X, the ext-ge e atio a chitectu e powe i g TiDB Cloud, by the e d of 2026. This exte ds TiDB’s ope -sou ce commitme t to its latest a chitectu e, givi g o ga izatio s the ability to i spect a d adapt the co e tech ology they depe d o a d g eate co t ol ove thei lo g-te m data fou datio .
“Eve y team should be able to sta t small o a data fou datio that ca g ow with its ambitio s,” said Max Liu, co-fou de a d CEO of TiDB. “TiDB has bee battle-tested at ext ao di a y scale by la ge e te p ises a d f o tie AI pio ee s. We’ e b i gi g the capabilities shaped by that expe ie ce i to a ma aged cloud platfo m, so mo e o ga izatio s ca scale o the same fou datio without havi g to build the specialized teams a d ma age the i f ast uctu e complexity behi d it.”
Ma us, the age t- ative platfo m, has scaled to mo e tha 1.5 millio TiDB Cloud cluste s to suppo t applicatio s c eated by its age ts, a d has expa ded its use of TiDB Cloud Filesystem a d BYOC. Moo shot AI, the compa y behi d Kimi, helped shape TiDB Cloud Filesystem a d ow uses it to suppo t codi g-age t wo k ac oss mo e tha o e millio pe siste t filesystems, allowi g saved code a d co text to ca y fo wa d ac oss sessio s. Usi g TiDB Cloud, Kimi has also educed its data i f ast uctu e costs by a o de of mag itude.
SCaiLE 2026 takes place today at the Compute Histo y Museum i Mou tai View, Califo ia. To lea mo e, visit https://www.pi gcap.com/tidb-scaile-summit/.
TiDB, powe ed by Pi gCAP, is the dist ibuted SQL database fo e te p ise applicatio s a d AI age ts. AI- ative compa ies, leadi g SaaS p ovide s, a d global e te p ises u TiDB to suppo t wo kloads that t aditio al databases ca ‘t: millio s of tables, pe siste t age t state, high-co cu e cy eads a d w ites, f eque t schema cha ges, a d ze o-dow time scali g at petabyte levels. With AI-d ive i ovatio s ac oss the platfo m a d multi-cloud flexibility, TiDB delive s u matched agility, esilie ce, a d secu ity. Headqua te ed i Su yvale, CA, TiDB se ves custome s wo ldwide. To lea mo e about TiDB, visit TiDB.io.
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