MotherDuck provides a serverless cloud analytics platform that makes it easy for developers and data analysts to query and gain insights from their data, regardless of size or location. It was founded by former Google and SingleStore engineering leaders Jordan Tigani, Tino Tereshko, and Ryan Boyd, who saw a need to simplify data analytics and empower more data-driven decision-making. They partnered with the creators of the open-source DuckDB database which uniquely enables lightning-fast in-memory analytics performance across datasets both big and small.

With over $100 million in funding from leading investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Redpoint Ventures, MotherDuck is bringing the power of DuckDB to the cloud, allowing users flexible access to query and analyze data whether it's on their local machines, cloud endpoints, or a data lake. Going forward, they aim to become the default choice for serverless and hybrid analytics. As an early employee at MotherDuck, you would have the opportunity to shape the product experience for thousands of data practitioners.

MotherDuck faces two key risks: stiff competition from large cloud data warehouse vendors that will make gaining market share difficult; and potential technological limitations if DuckDB cannot effectively scale to meet the demands of larger enterprise workloads over time.