AWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026)
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Summary
AWS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open source analytical database DuckDB, which runs in-process and queries files such as Parquet directly.
Key facts
- AWS signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs.
- DuckLabs is based in Amsterdam.
- DuckLabs is behind DuckDB, an open source analytical database.
- DuckDB runs in-process and executes SQL directly against files like Parquet.
Why it matters
DuckDB's in-process, file-direct SQL engine is widely used by builders for local analytics; AWS ownership could shape its future development and integration with AWS services.
Companies
Technologies
- DuckDBproduct
- Parquetstandard
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- AWS News BlogOfficial · PrimaryAWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026) · By Daniel AbibRead at AWS News Blog