Can your agent think faster than it can fetch?
Database access built for speed.
Your database isn’t the bottleneck. The way you connect to it is.
Modern analytics systems are column-oriented at both ends. But most database interfaces convert query results into row-oriented formats in the middle, wasting CPU cycles and slowing data retrieval.
Introducing the first ground-up redesign of database access in 30 years.
Now there’s a better way for applications and agents to connect to databases. Developed by the Columnar team and powered by Apache Arrow, it keeps data column-oriented from end to end, so query results arrive 10–100× faster.
ADBC: the universal standard for columnar database access.
ADBC turns Arrow-native connectivity into an open, portable standard. Created by Columnar’s founders and governed by the Apache Software Foundation, it provides one consistent interface across programming languages and SQL systems.
30+ databases. 10+ languages. One way to get connected.
ADBC is fast. dbc makes it easy. Install the driver you need with a single command, then use it from your language, application, or agent. Columnar partners with vendors to distribute officially supported open source drivers.
One access layer for your entire data stack.
Columnar Gateway turns Arrow-native connectivity into managed infrastructure. Applications and agents get one fast, consistent path to your databases and query engines. Your platform team gets one place to manage, secure, and observe connections.
We’re rebuilding database access for the AI era.
Our mission is to bring speed, simplicity, and security to every database connection.