MotherDuck acquires Tower, the startup powering its data pipelines
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MotherDuck has acquired Tower, a data infrastructure startup whose technology was already powering MotherDuck's AI-built data pipelines. The move reflects the principle that "you can rent a feature, but you can't rent a foundation."
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