Varada

Varada was a Tel Aviv-based data lake analytics accelerator that used proprietary, patented adaptive indexing to dramatically speed up Trino/Presto queries directly on data lake storage. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Varada was acquired by Starburst Data on June 23, 2022, and its indexing technology and engineering team were folded into Starburst's query engine. The company published developer tooling (the vtm cluster-management CLI, a Presto/Trino workload analyzer, and a PowerBI Presto connector) on GitHub but no public API; the varada.io domain is now parked and its GitHub organization has been dormant since the acquisition.

Varada is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Data, Data Lakes, Analytics, and Trino.

Varada’s developer surface includes CLI and 4 more developer resources.

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8.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyDataData LakesAnalyticsTrinoPrestoQuery AccelerationAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.7/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Varada Domain Security

no transport/DNS hardening detected

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: varada
name: Varada
description: Varada was a Tel Aviv-based data lake analytics accelerator that used proprietary, patented adaptive indexing
  to dramatically speed up Trino/Presto queries directly on data lake storage. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Varada
  was acquired by Starburst Data on June 23, 2022, and its indexing technology and engineering team were folded into Starburst's
  query engine. The company published developer tooling (the vtm cluster-management CLI, a Presto/Trino workload analyzer,
  and a PowerBI Presto connector) on GitHub but no public API; the varada.io domain is now parked and its GitHub organization
  has been dormant since the acquisition.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/varada/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/50166579?v=4
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by:
  company: starburst-data
  date: '2022-06-23'
  source: https://www.starburst.io/press-releases/starburst-acquires-varada-to-deliver-the-new-standard-of-data-lake-analytics/
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Data
- Data Lakes
- Analytics
- Trino
- Presto
- Query Acceleration
- Acquired
apis: []
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  url: https://github.com/varadaio
- type: Packages
  url: packages/varada-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/varada-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/varada-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/varada-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
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