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# Hannes Mühleisen

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Guest Star

Hannes Mühleisen is co-creator of DuckDB and CEO at DuckDB Labs. He is a researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, specializing in data management.

## 3 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

[2025-06-17](/webinar/ducklake-livestream/)

### [What is DuckLake? A Simpler Data Lake & Warehouse with DuckDB](//webinar/ducklake-livestream)

DuckDB's Hannes Mühleisen joins ​MotherDuck CEO Jordan Tigani for an in-depth discussion about DuckLake, the new lakehouse format that's rethinking how we handle metadata and open table formats.

Interview

[0:00:57](/videos/making-an-impact-with-a-research-project-duckdb/)[2023-03-09](/videos/making-an-impact-with-a-research-project-duckdb/)

### [Making an impact with a research project: DuckDB](/videos/making-an-impact-with-a-research-project-duckdb/)

In this short, DuckDB co-creator Hannes talks about applying database research to building database systems and achieve real impact.

YouTube

Interview

Short

[0:07:35](/videos/the-surprising-birth-of-duckdb-ft-co-creator-hannes-muhleisen/)[2023-03-06](/videos/the-surprising-birth-of-duckdb-ft-co-creator-hannes-muhleisen/)

### [The Surprising Birth Of DuckDB ft. Co-creator Hannes Mühleisen](/videos/the-surprising-birth-of-duckdb-ft-co-creator-hannes-muhleisen/)

In this first Quack Chat episode, Mehdi interviews Hannes Mühleisen, co-creator of DuckDB, in Brussels during DuckCon.

YouTube

Interview

Short

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