> They decided to work together, and DuckLabs would become a co-founder of the new endeavor.
Some of the recent DuckDB features and extensions would certainly seem to undercut premium features MotherDuck has layered over DuckDB. Though, on the flip side, since there is a relationship between the orgs it does seem like MotherDuck features are a good way for the DuckDB team to field test (future) features without committing to building extensions or adding them to the database itself (e.g. DuckLake and Quack).
It is all a bit curious, though, and makes you wonder what's in store for the future. The DuckDB team has hinted at some "big things" coming soon which I don't think are covered in these release notes.