Snowflake to acquire database startup Crunchy Data | TechCrunch

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News Summary
- Cloud data platform Snowflake announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data
- A source familiar with the matter estimated the deal to be worth around $250 million
- Crunchy Data gives companies the tools they need to build with Postgres, an open source and object-relational database management system
The surge in data company acquisitions continued Monday with Snowflakes purchase of Crunchy Data.Cloud data platform Snowflake announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, a Postgres database par [+2115 chars]