PingCAP
PingCAP is the company behind TiDB, an open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility.
Last updated September 11, 2026
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Overview
PingCAP started in 2015 when three seasoned infrastructure engineers decided to build a database solution themselves, the open-source way. With the help of hundreds of global contributors, PingCAP is building TiDB, an advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. TiKV, TiDB's Key-Value storage layer, is a CNCF Graduated project.
History
PingCAP started in 2015 when three seasoned infrastructure engineers were dissatisfied with the way databases were managed, scaled, and maintained while working at leading Internet companies. Seeing no good solution on the market, they decided to build one themselves — the open-source way. With the help of hundreds of global contributors, PingCAP is building TiDB, an advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. TiDB is described as one of the most popular open-source database projects in the world, and TiKV, TiDB's Key-Value storage layer, is a CNCF Graduated project.
Products and positioning
TiDB
An advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility.
TiKV
TiDB's unique Key-Value storage layer; a CNCF Graduated project.
TiDB Cloud
A cloud offering of TiDB referenced in customer migration stories.
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- 1Database for AI Agents | TiDB Distributed SQL | TiDBpingcap.com
- 2Amazon Aurora Alternative: How Plaid Migrated to Distributed SQLpingcap.com
- 3Modernizing MySQL: Bolt Scales 1000s of Microservices with TiDBpingcap.com
- 4About PingCAP | TiDBpingcap.com
- 5翼支付发布2020产业合作政策 背靠中国电信布局5G时代finance.sina.com.cn
- 6PingCAP 与复星达成战略合作,助力复星数字化升级finance.sina.com.cn
- 7PingCAP Introduces its New Developer Tier to Boost Application Innovation with TiDB Cloudprnewswire.com
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