Starburst acquires data lake analytics accelerator Varada to challenge Snowflake
Starburst, the well-funded data warehouse analytics service and data query engine based on the open-source Trino project, today announced that it has acquired Varada, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on data lake analytics. Using Varada’s proprietary indexing technology, enterprises can …
Adobe releases open source tools to counter visual misinformation
Adobe has a vision for an internet peppered with photos and videos packaged up with extra data about where they came from. The company’s central aim is to mitigate the spread of visual misinformation, but the system could also be a boon for content creators keen to keep their names attached to thei…
Castor, a data catalog startup, nabs $23.5M to expand its platform
Castor, a startup developing a data catalog solution for organizations, has raised $23.5 million in venture funding, bringing its total raised to $25 million.