ntroducing Agent Chat: The Shortest Path from Data to Action
Nov 3, 2026 • Sheila Sitaram
Analyze data, automate workflows, and turn insights into applications so users can act on insights without losing time and context switching between tools
Sheila Sitaram
Product Lead
Sheila joins us from MongoDB where she led Customer Strategy within the go-to-market organization. Previously, she was a marketing leader at HashiCorp, management consultant at PwC, and creative director, producer, and 'renaissance woman' working with leading fashion and luxury brands to turn creative tailwinds into commercial impact.
14 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS
Agents can sign up for MotherDuck
Aug 10, 2026 • Adithya Krishnan, Sheila Sitaram, Garrett O'Brien
AI agents can now sign up for MotherDuck with a single API call - no forms, no credentials, no human in the loop (unless you want to be, of course). Experiment faster, share data, or just give your agents a ducking fast set of tools for analytics.
MotherDuck Now Speaks Postgres
Mar 31, 2026 • Louisa Huang, Jelte Fennema-Nio, Sheila Sitaram, Garrett O'Brien
MotherDuck's Postgres endpoint lets you query your data warehouse using any PostgreSQL-compatible client, driver, or BI tool — no new dependencies needed.
More Control, Less Hassle: Self-Serve Recovery with Point-in-Time Restore
Feb 4, 2026 • Sheila Sitaram, Joseph Hwang, Nicholas Greenspan
MotherDuck now supports point-in-time restores, making it easier than ever to roll back changes, undrop databases, and debug pipelines.
MotherDuck is Landing in Europe! Announcing our EU Region
Sep 24, 2025 • Garrett O'Brien, Sheila Sitaram
Serverless analytics built on DuckDB, running entirely in the EU.
DuckDB 1.3 Lands in MotherDuck: Performance Boosts, Even Faster Parquet, and Smarter SQL
Jun 1, 2025 • Sheila Sitaram
DuckDB 1.3 has launched, with performance boosts, faster Parquet reads and writes, and new SQL syntax for ducking awesome analytics with full support in MotherDuck. Read on for highlights from this major release.
MotherDuck for Business Analytics: GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, Tiered Support, and New Plan Offerings
Feb 11, 2025 • Sheila Sitaram
Introducing new features designed to better support businesses looking for their first data warehouse, including SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance, tiered support, read scaling, and a new Business Plan.
MotherDuck Now Supports DuckDB 1.2: Faster, Friendlier, Better Performance
Feb 5, 2025 • Sheila Sitaram
DuckDB 1.2 has launched, with improvements in performance, the SQL experience, CSV handling, and scalability - all fully supported in MotherDuck!
What’s New: Streamlined User Management, Metadata, and UI Enhancements
Dec 21, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram
December’s feature roundup is focused on improving the user experience on multiple fronts. Introducing the User Management REST API, the Table Summary, and a read-only MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA for metadata.
The Serverless Backend for Analytics: Introducing MotherDuck’s Native Integration on Vercel Marketplace
Dec 9, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram
MotherDuck's native integration is now available on Vercel Marketplace. Developers can finally streamline their application maintenance overhead when building embedded analytics components and data apps. Start building with templates and a demo app!
Improved Control and Ergonomics on MotherDuck
Nov 25, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram
November's Feature Roundup focuses on efficient query control and ergonomics. Now that's something to flap your wings about! Read on for updates on query management, in-memory performance, and connection management.
Small Data is bigger (and hotter 🔥) than ever
Oct 19, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram
Catch up on the latest developments around simple, scalable workflows for Real data volumes from the first Small Data SF!
Small Data SF: The Agenda is now live…with *NEW* hands-on workshops
Aug 29, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram
We had such an awesome response to Small Data SF after launch: It was so great that we decided to add an additional day of hands-on workshops! Learn more about the full lineup on 9/23 - 9/24 and grab a ticket before it's too late.
The Small Data Manifesto
Jul 18, 2024 • Sheila Sitaram, MotherDuck team
Read through the key principles and ethos behind the Small Data movement. Small data and AI is more powerful than you think. Data and AI that was once "Big" can now be handled by a single machine.
