In 2022, Apache Druid experienced significant growth and recognition within the tech industry, driven by new analytics use cases and a robust community of over 14,000 members and 500 contributors. The year saw the introduction of Project Shapeshift, aimed at enhancing Druid's cloud-native capabilities, and the release of two major updates, Druid 0.23 and 24.0, featuring a multi-stage query engine and support for nested JSON columns. These advancements improved performance and simplified data processes, bolstering Druid's role in modern analytics applications. Concurrently, Imply, the company behind Druid, secured $100 million in Series D funding, launched the fully managed Imply Polaris database-as-a-service, and gained traction with over 500 accounts, including prominent companies like Zillow. Imply also engaged with the global tech community through events and collaborations, further solidifying its presence in the real-time analytics space and setting the stage for continued innovation in 2023.