# Agentic kill switch is a database problem. So we built Redpanda SQL

DevFeed: [Agentic kill switch is a database problem. So we built Redpanda SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agentic-kill-switch-is-a-database-problem-so-we-built-redpanda-sql-12728.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.redpanda.com/blog/query-real-time-analytics-google-cloud>)

Author: Alexander Gallego

Published: 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Redpanda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redpanda.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [stream-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stream-processing.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

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## AI overview

The article presents Redpanda SQL as a database built for agentic governance. It describes real-time bridge queries, efficient SQL JOINs, a ring-buffer shuffle algorithm, and analytical processing designed to detect agent behavior and provide an agentic kill switch. Redpanda SQL is stated to be available on AWS and Google Cloud.

## Source excerpt

Agentic governance needs a new kind of database, so we built Redpanda SQL. Now available on both AWS and Google Cloud.