Hannes Muhleisen

Hannes Muhleisen, creator of DuckDB and CEO of DuckDB Labs, shares the quirky origins of DuckDB, inspired by his pet duck! He discusses the rapid growth of DuckDB in analytics and how it simplifies database management. The conversation dives into the challenges of data lakehouses and the importance of transactional integrity in analytics. Hannes also explores decentralized data architecture and the innovative solutions DuckDB Labs is developing to stay competitive against larger corporations, all while making data handling more accessible.