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MotherDuck

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MotherDuck adds who-can-open controls to Dives and a SQL view of compute usage.

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◆Current state
MotherDuck ships a weekly changelog. The November 12 release lets owners keep a Dive private or share it with roles, users or the whole organization, with matching GRANT READ ON DIVE commands; new Dives start private. Flight run access can now be managed in the UI, and Business plans can query hourly Duckling usage per user from MD_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COMPUTE_USAGE. It lands a week after the redesign that put Agent Chat on the home screen.
◆Where it's heading
The agent-first redesign made Dives and Flights the things people create; the releases since are about controlling who sees and runs them and what they cost. Governance that began with row- and column-level security in October now covers the agent-built objects too.
◆Prediction
Next likely are finer controls on what Agent Chat can do on a user's behalf, or usage limits built on the new compute usage view, since both follow from the permissions and cost work in the last two releases.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    Dive sharing controls, Flight access UI and compute usage in SQL

    Dives gain private-by-default sharing by role, user or organization, with GRANT READ ON DIVE in SQL, and Flight run access moves into the UI. A new COMPUTE_USAGE view shows hourly Duckling usage per user. It extends October's governance work to the objects Agent Chat now creates.

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  2. 10d ago

    Redesigned UI puts Agent Chat on the home screen

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    The November 3 release turns the previous weeks' agent features into the product's entry point: Home now opens with an Agent Chat prompt that can query, load, and build Dives. It is the clearest sign yet that MotherDuck sees itself as an agent-run data app platform, not a hosted SQL editor.

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  3. 21d ago

    Row-level security, Dive write-back and Flight run grants

    The largest October entry: row- and column-level security and masking on Shares, security for managed DuckLake, Dives that write back by running Flights, and run grants that share a Flight without exposing its code or secrets. Together they turn Dives into governed data apps.

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  4. 28d ago

    Image inputs for prompt_jev() and Agent Chat that builds Dives

    prompt_jev() now handles images and bounding boxes, GPT-6 Luna is available in prompt(), and Agent Chat can create, edit and delete Dives. In-region inference for Agent Chat addresses residency for US and EU customers.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Admin API user listing, connection timeouts, prompt_jev() in EU

    An Admin API endpoint lists users and service accounts, a connection timeout lets clients fail fast while a Duckling starts, and prompt_jev() reaches Europe, with requests processed in the US. Operational work for teams running MotherDuck in production.

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  6. 1mo ago

    AI functions 50-60% cheaper; prompt_jev() billing begins

    AI function prices drop 50 to 60% on OpenAI models, prompt_jev() billing begins with free output tokens, and prompt_jev() runs twice as fast. DuckDB 1.5.6 support and range selection in results round it out.

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