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DuckDB and its related ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Did Amazon acquire the company behind DuckDB? Yes, Amazon acquired DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company founded by DuckDB creators Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt. Both co-founders continue leading the DuckDB technical direction as part of AWS. DuckDB and related projects like DuckLake and Quack remain free and open-source under the MIT license, with oversight continuing under the non-profit DuckDB Foundation. _Track how DuckDB's roadmap evolves under AWS stewardship with daily.dev._ ### Can Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL query data stored in S3 directly without ETL pipelines? Yes, Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data stored in Amazon S3 and S3 Tables, powered by a new DuckDB-based integration. This lets a single query combine live operational data in Aurora with historical data in a data lake, avoiding reverse ETL pipelines, data duplication, and extra synchronization effort. Processing happens entirely within Aurora. _Developers evaluating data lake integrations can follow Aurora updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Is there an extra cost for Aurora PostgreSQL's new Iceberg and Parquet querying feature? No additional charge applies for the feature itself. It is available in all commercial AWS regions and AWS GovCloud (US), with customers only paying for the incremental Aurora compute used and the S3 requests generated by their queries. _Teams budgeting cloud data infrastructure can keep tabs on pricing changes via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MotherDuck on Azure: join the waitlist](https://daily.dev/posts/motherduck-on-azure-join-the-waitlist-skkobewja) · MotherDuck · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#duckdb](https://daily.dev/tags/duckdb), [#data-lake](https://daily.dev/tags/data-lake) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-and-integrates-duckdb-in-amazon-aurora-postgresql-e6rih2lmv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon Acquires DuckLabs and Integrates DuckDB in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-and-integrates-duckdb-in-amazon-aurora-postgresql-e6rih2lmv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-and-integrates-duckdb-in-amazon-aurora-postgresql-e6rih2lmv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-17T06:04:24.070Z","dateModified":"2026-10-17T06:04:44.689Z","description":"Amazon has acquired DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the analytical database DuckDB, with co-founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c8ecc289e8923bc0116e1534b3c4a425?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c8ecc289e8923bc0116e1534b3c4a425?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoQ","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoQ","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/afc3bced3e1e4b188dd9127017a60e0c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-and-integrates-duckdb-in-amazon-aurora-postgresql-e6rih2lmv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,postgresql,duckdb,data-lake","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoQ","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Amazon Acquires DuckLabs and Integrates DuckDB in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-and-integrates-duckdb-in-amazon-aurora-postgresql-e6rih2lmv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Did Amazon acquire the company behind DuckDB?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Amazon acquired DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company founded by DuckDB creators Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt. 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