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YugabyteDB’s solution is more agents! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI agents can create database sprawl issues. YugabyteDB’s solution is more agents! **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary YugabyteDB AMP (Agentic Multitenant Postgres) is a new serverless PostgreSQL tier designed to handle the database sprawl created by large fleets of AI agents. It uses Enhanced Colocation to pack hundreds of isolated workloads onto shared infrastructure, scales to zero when idle, and charges by CPU minute. The product ships with four built-in AI agents: Architect (provisioning), Voyager (migration), Perf Advisor (performance monitoring), and Nexus (ecosystem integration). These agents share organizational context and maintain decision traces for auditability. As workloads grow, databases can seamlessly migrate to YugabyteDB's distributed YSQL layer without application rewrites. The product is currently in limited early access. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is YugabyteDB AMP and what problem does it solve? YugabyteDB AMP, or Agentic Multitenant Postgres, is a serverless PostgreSQL tier designed to handle database sprawl caused by fleets of AI agents each needing an isolated data layer. It uses serverless multitenancy and Enhanced Colocation to pack many workloads on shared infrastructure, scales to zero when idle, and bills by CPU minute. _Teams weighing infrastructure for AI-agent workloads can follow database architecture shifts like this via daily.dev._ ### What are the four built-in agents in YugabyteDB AMP and what do they do? YugabyteDB AMP ships with four agents: Architect handles database creation and provisioning using organizational context; Voyager manages migration and modernization from other databases onto PostgreSQL; Perf Advisor investigates outages and performance issues and warns about risky queries before production; and Nexus connects the database to warehouses, data streams, and key management systems. _Anyone evaluating agent-managed database tooling can track releases like this through daily.dev._ ### Can a database that starts on YugabyteDB AMP scale up without migration? Yes, as workloads grow, YugabyteDB can move from the serverless AMP tier to YSQL, its distributed PostgreSQL layer, adding horizontal write scaling, multi-master replication, and geo-distribution. Yugabyte states this transition does not require an application rewrite or a conventional database migration, and agents continue connecting the same way. _Engineers planning for growth without a database migration can follow scaling approaches like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What managing 150,000 AI agents could look like for database teams](https://daily.dev/posts/what-managing-150-000-ai-agents-could-look-like-for-database-teams-ensdoivne) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing PostgreSQL for agents in AlloyDB](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-postgresql-for-agents-in-alloydb-dyzuabrfv) · Google Cloud · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agentic Postgres: Postgres for Agentic Apps with Fast Forking and AI-Ready Features](https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-postgres-postgres-for-agentic-apps-with-fast-forking-and-ai-ready-features-yb3hmkpqt) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agentic AI is forcing analytics and operations to converge](https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-ai-is-forcing-analytics-and-operations-to-converge-yb1gjd4kv) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-agents-can-create-database-sprawl-issues-yugabytedb-s-solution-is-more-agents--gtg9crj94) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AI agents can create database sprawl issues. 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