Starburst
Distributed SQL analytics on the data lakehouse
About
Founded in 2017 by the inventors of the open-source Trino query engine, Starburst is headquartered in Boston and delivers a commercial data lakehouse platform built on Trino that enables federated SQL queries across cloud object stores, data warehouses, databases, and streaming sources without data movement. More than 200 enterprises in 60+ countries—including Comcast, DoorDash, FINRA, DBS Bank, and Zalando—use Starburst for analytics on distributed data at petabyte scale. The company raised over $414M and competes with Databricks and Snowflake on query performance and openness.
Products
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Starburst Galaxy
— Fully managed cloud enterprise intelligence platform for data apps and AI across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Customer sectors: cloud data teams, AI engineers, enterprise analytics
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Starburst Enterprise
— Self-managed enterprise intelligence platform for on-premises, hybrid, and private cloud deployments.
Customer sectors: enterprise IT, data architects, hybrid cloud teams
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AIDA
— Conversational analytics tool enabling business users to query governed data through natural language.
Customer sectors: business analysts, data governance teams, enterprise users
Market research & competitive positioning
Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for Starburst — available to members.
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