Amazon Web Services × DuckLabs
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it will acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company responsible for the popular open-source analytical database, DuckDB. [5, 12] While the company is being acquired, AWS stated that the DuckDB open source project will remain independent and available under its MIT license via the DuckDB Foundation. [5] The acquisition is intended to expand the cloud giant's data analytics capabilities. [13]
The asset
The company behind the DuckDB analytical database, acquired to expand AWS's data analytics offerings. [13]
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Database software
- Modalities
- software, code
What it means if you hold data
This acquisition brings the expertise behind a highly popular and efficient embedded analytical database into a major cloud provider, signaling a strategic focus on integrating modern, high-performance data processing technologies directly into the cloud ecosystem. [13]