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

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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. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-adding-the-team-behind-duckdb-amid-broader-shakeup-in-cloud-data/">Read More