My laptop is faster than your cloud.

For the last ten years, the data ecosystem has focused on big data – the bigger the data set, the more exciting.

But most workloads aren’t massive. Instead of requiring a scale-out database in the sky, most analyses are faster with an optimized database on your computer that can leverage the cloud when needed.

This is why I’m thrilled to announce our partnership with MotherDuck. Motherduck raised a $12.5M Seed led by Redpoint and a $35M Series A led by a16z.

Some of the brightest minds in data founded MotherDuckincluding BigQuery founding engineer Jordan Tigani & a broader team from Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Meta, Elastic & Firebolt, among others. MotherDuck commercializes DuckDB