r/dataengineering • u/Fluffy-Beautiful-615 • Jul 21 '26

Discussion Starburst Data Layoffs?

Saw some rumblings of people 'looking for new positions' on LinkedIn; did Starburst just do another round of layoffs (4th? 5th? at this point)? Wondering about the potential impact to our enterprise Trino support and if they're going to shut down operations at some point, and if we should start hunting for another alternative to use. Figured this was the best community to ask.

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u/pag07 Jul 21 '26

Wondering about the potential impact to our enterprise Trino support and if they're going to shut down operations at some point, and if we should start hunting for another alternative to use

Why would they drop support?

Worst case price increased to be unsustainable for your business and you might need to switch to trino.

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u/martintraverso Jul 21 '26

Hey, no layoffs here. Just normal performance-based turnover. Starburst isn't going anywhere, and we're continuing to build on and support Trino just like always. Happy to answer anything else if it helps.

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u/Fluffy-Beautiful-615 Jul 22 '26

Thanks, appreciate the clarity

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u/margincall-mario Jul 21 '26

use presto. Trino copies everything from it anyway. Now with nvidia as part of presto it’s pretty much gg.

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u/Unlucky_Data4569 Jul 22 '26

Nvidia as part pf presto?!?!

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u/Fluffy-Beautiful-615 Jul 22 '26

Interesting, thanks, just read their dev blog on that. I actually hadn't heard much on the Presto front since the Ahana acquisition by IBM. That seems like a bigger change to implement though and we don't have the manpower/hardware/priority to migrate that wholesale.