Neon

Data Acquired (opens in a new tab) neon.com (opens in a new tab) · in/neondatabase (opens in a new tab) · @neondatabase (opens in a new tab)

Neon sells serverless Postgres and the backend around it: authentication, APIs and functions, with database branching. It is bought by developers and startups building applications, on a free tier with paid plans above it.

##signals 06

September 2026
- Neon Functions reaches GA with custom domains and cron triggers (opens in a new tab)
  
  09-22 Release neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  Neon Functions — serverless Node.js compute tied to a Postgres branch.
- Neon's backend for AI-built apps reaches GA (opens in a new tab)
  
  09-18 Launch neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  Neon shipped five backend primitives as generally available.
- Neon lets an AI agent provision a database before any human signs up (opens in a new tab)
  
  09-11 Launch neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  Claimable Neon lets an agent create a temporary Postgres project.
- Neon benchmarks 42 AI models on cost per usable answer (opens in a new tab)
  
  09-05 Campaign neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  Neon ran 100 synthetic support tickets, in five tonal variants.
August 2026
- Renames its CLI and pitches it as the agent's default (opens in a new tab)
  
  08-26 Release neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  The CLI package is now `neon`, renamed from `neonctl`, with agent-focused entry points: `neon init` for full.
- Puts an LLM gateway in the Postgres backend, pass-through (opens in a new tab)
  
  08-18 Launch neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  
  Neon shipped AI Gateway, a beta backend primitive that lets an app call frontier and open-weight models.

##examples 03

Neon lets an agent provision before signup

docs neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)

An agent reads auth.md, runs one command and gets a capped 72-hour Postgres project.
Neon prices 42 models by usable answer

blog neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)

A fixed task, a stated rubric, and the full ~1,446x cost spread published.
Neon writes the AGENTS.md entry for you

blog neon.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)

The CLI rename post ships agent entry points.