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Starburst Data Stock (STDA)
SQL Query Engine
Starburst Data is a data access and analytics company that develops an SQL query engine.
About Starburst Data Stock
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Boston, MA, US
Total Funding
432M
Industries
Software, Data and Analytics, Information Technology
Starburst provides a data analytics platform built on the open-source Trino query engine, which the company's founders originally created. The company presents its platform as a single point of access for organizations to query data across various sources without requiring data movement. Its primary commercial offerings are Starburst Enterprise, a self-managed platform, and Starburst Galaxy, a fully-managed SaaS solution.
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Data Lakehouse Market Analysis 2025 – Insights For Long-Term Investment & Planning
einpresswire • Jun 26, 2025
Starburst Named a Leader & Fast Mover in 2025 GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes & Lakehouses
en • Jun 21, 2025
released 2025 GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes and Lakehouses
newswire • Jun 21, 2025
released 2025 GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes and Lakehouses
prnewswire • Jun 20, 2025
The Boston Globe Names Starburst Cofounder and CEO Justin Borgman to 2025 Tech Power Players 50 List
prnewswire • Jun 12, 2025
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Starburst Data Management
Leadership team at Starburst Data
Chief Executive Officer
Justin Borgman
Chief Technology Officer
David Phillips
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Starburst Data Key Facts
- Strategic leadership reinforcement to scale enterprise growth. Starburst appointed Alison Biggan, a former executive from Salesforce and SAP, as its new Chief Executive Officer. This move, with former CEO Justin Borgman transitioning to Executive Chairman, signals a strategic focus on scaling operations and accelerating enterprise-grade go-to-market execution. Biggan's extensive experience in leading large, global software businesses is intended to mature the company's operational performance and capitalize on its established technology foundation for the next phase of growth. (Source: Starburst Press Release, TechCrunch, January 2024)
- Significant product innovation to address complex enterprise data governance needs. The company launched Starburst Gravity, a new universal discovery, governance, and data-sharing layer. This initiative directly addresses critical pain points for enterprises by providing a single point of access and control for data distributed across disparate sources. This development enhances the core value proposition of its platform, moving beyond query acceleration to offer comprehensive data management, which strengthens its competitive position and growth prospects in the enterprise market. (Source: Starburst Press Release, VentureBeat, May 2024)
- Deepened integration within the modern data stack ecosystem. Alongside the Gravity launch, Starburst announced a deeper, bidirectional integration with dbt Labs, a key player in data transformation. This partnership enables data teams to find, govern, and query dbt models directly through Starburst and, conversely, discover Starburst data products within dbt. This strategic alliance solidifies Starburst's role as a central connectivity and governance hub within the wider data ecosystem, increasing its utility and making it a more integral component for customers building modern data platforms. (Source: Starburst Press Release, May 2024)
- Intensified competition from major data platform vendors. Competitors are actively consolidating the market and expanding their capabilities in open data formats, a core tenet of Starburst's strategy. For example, Databricks' planned acquisition of Tabular, a company founded by the creators of Apache Iceberg, directly strengthens its data lakehouse offering and aims to control the future of open-source data formats, creating a significant competitive threat to Starburst's cross-platform query federation model. (Source: SiliconANGLE, May 2024)
- Recent workforce reductions amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment. Following a significant funding round in 2022 that valued the company at $3.35 billion, Starburst conducted multiple rounds of layoffs in late 2023 and early 2024. This restructuring indicates pressure from investors to manage cash burn and prioritize a sustainable growth model over rapid expansion, which could temper growth prospects and slow market penetration efforts. (Source: TechCrunch, November 2023)
- Potential headwinds in the adoption. Starburst's growth hinges on the adoption of a data mesh architectural pattern. While the theory of data mesh is popular, industry reports and analyses highlight significant practical and organizational challenges that are slowing its enterprise implementation. A slowdown in the adoption of data mesh, or a shift in market preference towards simpler architectures, could present a risk to Starburst's go-to-market strategy, which heavily relies on positioning its platform as the essential analytics engine for data mesh. (Source: The New Stack, March 2024)
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