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  "id": 3539634,
  "title": "Amazon agrees to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam company behind open-source database DuckDB, for an undisclosed sum; DuckDB will remain open source (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/amazon-agrees-to-acquire-ducklabs-the-amsterdam-company-behind-open",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:50:54.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-acquires-ducklabs-adding-the-team-behind-duckdb-amid-broader-shakeup-in-cloud-data/"
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  "summary": "Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, the company behind DuckDB, the fast-growing open-source database that has become a favorite …",
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      {
        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "AWS buys DuckLabs to bring DuckDB’s embeddable analytics to more enterprises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/aws-buys-ducklabs-to-bring-duckdbs-embeddable-analytics-to-more",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:00:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Software",
        "title": "AWS buys DuckLabs, the people behind the popular in-process OLAP database",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/aws-buys-ducklabs-the-people-behind-the-popular-in-process-olap",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:31:14.000Z"
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