Amazon to acquire DuckLabs, adding the team behind DuckDB amid broader shakeup in cloud data

Amazon to acquire DuckLabs, adding the team behind DuckDB amid broader shakeup in cloud data

Amazon is acquiring DuckLabs, the Amsterdam company behind DuckDB, the fast-growing open-source database developers use to analyze large amounts of data without paying for a cloud data warehouse. The team joins AWS, but the DuckDB project itself stays free and open source under an independent foundation.

Amazon acquires DuckLabs (AMZN:NASDAQ)

Amazon (AMZN) acquires DuckLabs to boost AWS analytics speed and cost efficiency—while DuckDB stays open source under MIT.

AWS buys DuckLabs, the people behind the popular in-process OLAP database

Amazon Web Services has bought DuckLabs, the support and development company behind open-source DuckDB. The deal — the financial details of which were not disclosed — will see DuckLabs, founded by authors of the in-process OLAP database, become part of AWS. AWS said DuckDB and its related projects would remain free and open source under their MIT licenses, with the nonprofit DuckDB Foundation continuing to guide them. Written in C++, the databas…

Amazon to Acquire DuckLabs, Adding the Team Behind DuckDB

Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, bringing the team behind the popular open-source DuckDB database into AWS. "The deal fits Amazon's broader push to turn S3, its flagship cloud storage service, into a place where customers analyze data rather than just store it," reports GeekWire. "It gives Amazon a team experienced in building fast, lightweight analytics software that runs directly against data sitting in cloud storage." The DuckDB project…

Amazon Web Services acquires DuckLabs and DuckDB

DuckLabs will join Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is expected to be effective in early September. Our team will remain together in Amsterdam, continuing our work on DuckDB, DuckLake, Quack, and the broader community. Joining AWS gives us the resources and reach to bring this technology to many more developers and organizations, and to pursue ideas at a scale that would have been difficult for us to reach alone. Most importantly, the foundation…

Amazon (AMZN) Stock: AWS Confirms Acquisition of DuckLabs for Enhanced Data Analytics

Key Highlights AWS has finalized a definitive acquisition agreement with DuckLabs, the Amsterdam company that developed the open-source DuckDB analytical database. DuckDB, along with DuckLake and Quack projects, will continue as free, open-source initiatives under the independent DuckDB Foundation’s oversight. Founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt will continue heading the team and guiding the technical roadmap of the open-source initiat…