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Amazon signed a definitive agreement with the Amsterdam team behind DuckDB. DuckDB and the rest of the Duck Stack stay MIT-licensed under the nonprofit DuckDB Foundation, and creators Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt keep leading technical direction from Amsterdam (AWS). AWS and DuckLabs have worked together since 2024. The HN thread reached 1,060 points, where the open question is what happens to DuckLake and Quack roadmaps once a hyperscaler owns the payroll. The foundation structure is the right hedge on paper; whether it survives contact with roadmap prioritization is the thing to watch over the next two quarters.
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