GoKawiilAWS to Acquire DuckLabs, Team Behind DuckDB Database
DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company founded by DuckDB creators Mark Raasveldt and Hannes Mühleisen, announced it will join Amazon Web Services effective early September. The team plans to stay together in Amsterdam and continue developing DuckDB, DuckLake, Quack and related community projects. DuckLabs said the core DuckDB stack will remain free and open source under the MIT license, with the nonprofit DuckDB Foundation continuing to oversee governance.
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The deal shows a major cloud provider absorbing a popular open-source data-analytics project that reportedly sees over a million downloads daily, signaling AWS's interest in embedding lightweight analytical database technology into its ecosystem. Keeping the project MIT-licensed and under separate foundation stewardship is meant to reassure developers who fear corporate ownership could restrict access or redirect priorities toward AWS's commercial interests.
- DuckLabs, maker of DuckDB, will become part of AWS starting early September.
- The Amsterdam team of over 30 people will continue working together on DuckDB and related tools.
- DuckDB stays open source under MIT license, governed by the independent DuckDB Foundation.
DuckDB in Action (Manning book) — With DuckDB heading to AWS and staying open source under MIT, now's a great moment to actually learn the engine everyone's talking about. "DuckDB in Action" from Manning walks you through running analytical SQL locally, loading data, and wiring DuckDB into real data pipelines. It's a hands-on companion for anyone curious why AWS wanted the team behind it.
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