Amazon Acquires DuckLabs, DuckDB Stays Open Source
The acquisition gives AWS control over the team behind a widely used open-source database while keeping the project under an independent foundation, a structure that preserves the open-source model.
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Amazon has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open-source database DuckDB. The DuckLabs team will join AWS, with founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt continuing to lead. DuckDB will remain free and open source under the MIT License, managed by the independent DuckDB Foundation. The transition is expected to complete by early September.
Amazon has reached a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the company that leads development of DuckDB, an open-source embedded SQL database built for online analytical processing. The DuckLabs team, based in Amsterdam, will join AWS once the deal closes, which is expected by early September.
DuckDB founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt will continue to lead the team and set the technical direction of the open-source project. DuckDB will stay under the MIT License, with the nonprofit DuckDB Foundation continuing to manage it. DuckLabs said the move gives it the resources and influence to bring the technology to more developers and pursue ideas at a scale it could not achieve alone.
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