Rakesh Luthra

For two decades, KDB+ has been the fastest, most performant, vector-native system in the world. It powers the world’s most prestigious and successful customers, running mission-critical systems across global banks, hedge funds, aerospace, and beyond. But the community asked for more: 1. Easier to learn and use 2. Accessible and affordable 3. A free version for real-world use 4. Open formats and interoperability 5. Natively support AI workloads and GPU acceleration With KDB-X, we’ve delivered. It keeps everything people love about KDB+ — and evolves it for the AI era: • Python and SQL built in, frictionless install “I installed it. It was flawless… curl, boom, download, done.” — Conor Hoekstra • A Community Edition, free for commercial use “This is really a huge step… you’ve changed the course of the company, essentially.” — Bob Therriault • Native support for Parquet, Iceberg, Python libraries “The installation process just worked out of the box, very smooth. You can even use it completely offline.” — Alex Unterrainer • Scale proven at 80B to 800B records per day • Full backward compatibility — nothing breaks • Module management: an App Store for data and AI • Acceleration: the Ferrari of data is now electric and turbocharged, with CPU+GPU architectures So what does the “X” stand for? Xceleration@Scale. Time series + sensor Structured & Unstructured Data & AI Agentic intelligence — powered by MCP servers. This is our iPhone moment for KDB: from vector-native to AI-native. From niche to accessible. From fast code to accelerated architectures. I want to thank our world-class KDB-X team, our customers who run the most demanding systems on earth, and the ArrayCast panel — Conor, Bob, Marshall, Adám, and Alex — for the thoughtful conversation. Listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/exAYKzuY The future of real-time intelligence isn’t just fast code. It’s accelerated architectures, at scale — open to everyone.

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Before we built the 5C™ Framework, we kept seeing the same pattern. Clients had the right pieces, but no way to coordinate them. One system for energy, another for access, a third for analytics. And every time something went wrong, they had to call five vendors and hope for cooperation. That’s no way to run a property. We developed the 5C™ Framework: Clarify, Connect, Collect, Coordinate, and Control as a way to bring order to the chaos. Think of it as a daily checklist. Clarify what you have, connect the systems, collect the data, coordinate the workflows and control the outcomes. Every project starts there now. It doesn't matter if it's a small apartment building or a major office tower, the approach remains the same. What I like about it is that you don't need to be a tech expert to make this work. You just need to follow the process and make decisions based on actual data instead of guesswork. The real payoff goes beyond just fixing operations. When you control your systems, your whole team starts thinking differently, more strategically, more proactively. You're building something instead of just keeping the lights on. Are you running your building, or are your vendors running you?

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