AWS acquires DuckLabs, but what does it want from the team behind DuckDB?

Open-source software has given cloud providers a way to adopt popular technologies without having to own the companies behind them. AWS, however, has decided that simply using DuckDB in its products and services is not enough. The cloud provider on Wednesday said that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs , the Amsterdam-based company behind the development of the DuckDB ecosystem, while leaving the DuckDB open-source project under the independent DuckDB Foundation .