HeavyDB is a relational, columnar database engine that uses GPUs to accelerate query execution.
- Website
- https://www.heavy.ai[01]
- Source Code
- https://github.com/heavyai/heavydb[02]
- Tech Docs
- https://docs.heavy.ai[03]
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 2013 [08]
- End Year
- 2025
- Former Names
- MapD, OmniSci
- Acquired By
- Project Types
- Commercial, Open Source
- Written in
- C++
- License
- Apache v2
HeavyDB is a relational, columnar database engine that uses GPUs to accelerate query execution.
History[06][07]
The DBMS was changed from their original name 'MapD' to OmniSci in 2018. It was then renamed again to HeavyDB in 2022.
The company was acquired in 2025 by Nvidia and the project was abandoned.
Citations
9 sources- https://www.heavy.ai heavy.ai
- GitHub - heavyai/heavydb: HeavyDB (formerly MapD/OmniSciDB) · GitHub github.com
- Welcome to HEAVY.AI Documentation | HEAVY.AI Docs heavy.ai
- HEAVY.AI - Wikipedia wikipedia.org
- https://twitter.com/heavy_ai twitter.com
- https://www.omnisci.com/blog/announcing-omniscis-55m-series-c-funding-round omnisci.com
- https://www.heavy.ai/news/omnisci-announces-rebrand-to-heavy-ai-to-mark-a-new-era-of-advanced-analytics-for-time-sensitive-decision-making-at-enterprise-scale heavy.ai
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mapd crunchbase.com
- Transactions | Harvest MP harvestmp.com
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