# Eldad Farkash

> Eldad Farkash is a database engineer, Sisense co-founder and former CTO, and Firebolt co-founder. He led Firebolt as CEO before its September 2025 announcement of his transition to chairman. He has also served as a venture partner at Angular Ventures and co-hosted The Data Engineering Show. His public work focuses on query performance, efficient infrastructure, and making analytics usable inside products.

- **Role:** Co-Founder at Firebolt
- **Organizations:** Firebolt, Sisense, Angular Ventures, The Data Engineering Show
- **From:** Ra’anana, Israel
- **Education:** Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (now Reichman University)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sisense and helped develop its In-Chip analytics technology., Received the 2013 World Technology Award for IT Software (Individual)., Co-founded Firebolt, which reached a $1.4 billion valuation in its January 2022 financing.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Co-founded Sisense, where he went on to serve as CTO.
- **2013** — Won the World Technology Award in the individual IT Software category for In-Chip analytics.
- **2018** — Became a venture partner at Angular Ventures, according to his public career record.
- **2019** — Co-founded Firebolt with Saar Bitner and Ariel Yaroshevich; served as CEO.
- **2020** — Published his rationale for building Firebolt; the company publicly launched in December.
- **2021** — Co-hosted The Data Engineering Show with Boaz Farkash; Firebolt raised a $127 million Series B.
- **2022** — Firebolt raised a $100 million Series C at a $1.4 billion valuation and appointed Mosha Pasumansky CTO.
- **2024** — Joined the investors in FalkorDB, as announced by Angular Ventures.
- **2025-09** — Firebolt announced that Hemanth Vedagarbha would succeed him as CEO and that Farkash would become chairman.
- **2026-10** — Firebolt’s current leadership page lists Farkash as co-founder and Benjamin Wagner as CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sisense and helped develop its In-Chip analytics technology.
- Received the 2013 World Technology Award for IT Software (Individual).
- Co-founded Firebolt, which reached a $1.4 billion valuation in its January 2022 financing.
- Co-hosted technical interviews with data practitioners on The Data Engineering Show.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Firebolt announced his move from CEO to chairman of the board.
- **2026-02** — CTech reported Firebolt workforce cuts and noted that the founders had stepped down from management roles in 2025.
- **2026-10** — Checked Firebolt’s live leadership page: Farkash is listed as co-founder; Benjamin Wagner is listed as CEO. This is the verification month, not a dated appointment announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.firebolt.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldadfarkash/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/eldadfarkash

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Last updated: 2026-10-08