# Justin Borgman

> Justin Borgman is the Boston-based co-founder and CEO of Starburst. A software engineer turned entrepreneur, he co-founded Hadapt to commercialize Yale database research, joined Teradata after its 2014 acquisition, and started Starburst in 2017. His work centers on giving enterprises access to distributed data for analytics and AI.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Starburst
- **Organizations:** Starburst, Hadapt, Teradata, Covectra, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Raytheon
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MBA, Yale School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hadapt and led it through its acquisition by Teradata in 2014., Helped build Starburst to profitability before its first venture funding., Led Starburst through its February 2022 Series D; the company reported $414 million in cumulative financing at that time.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a software developer at Raytheon and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, then led product development at Covectra.
- **2010** — Co-founded Hadapt with Daniel Abadi and Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski to commercialize HadoopDB research.
- **2014** — Hadapt was acquired by Teradata; Borgman became Vice President and General Manager of Hadoop products.
- **2017** — Co-founded Starburst.
- **2019** — Starburst raised a $22 million Series A in November after bootstrapping to profitability.
- **2020** — Starburst announced a $42 million Series B in June.
- **2022** — Starburst announced a $250 million Series D at a $3.35 billion company valuation in February.
- **2023** — Received a student-selected SOMee alumni award at Yale School of Management.
- **2026** — Recognized by Goldman Sachs at its Builders and Innovators Summit in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hadapt and led it through its acquisition by Teradata in 2014.
- Helped build Starburst to profitability before its first venture funding.
- Led Starburst through its February 2022 Series D; the company reported $414 million in cumulative financing at that time.
- Received an inaugural Yale SOMee alumni award in 2023 for helping students access technology internships.
- Named to The Boston Globe’s 2025 Tech Power Players 50 list.
- Recognized among Goldman Sachs’ Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Starburst announced Goldman Sachs’ 2026 entrepreneurship recognition for Borgman, and reported more than $100 million in ARR and customers in over 60 countries.
- **2026-05** — Published Engineering the AI Leap, arguing that enterprise AI requires deliberately engineered access to data and business context.
- **2025-06** — Starburst announced his inclusion in The Boston Globe’s 2025 Tech Power Players 50 list.

## Links

- Website: https://www.starburst.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinborgman/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/JustinBorgman

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