Beyond the Forklift: Unlocking Revenue-Critical Workloads on Iceberg

Apache Iceberg™ is the open table format for modern data platforms, but most deployments still stop at exploratory, BI, and batch-oriented workloads. The harder problem starts when teams need SLA-driven analytics with predictable p95/p99 latency, high concurrency, and fast freshness directly on Iceberg tables. This session outlines a different model: Apache Iceberg as the open system of record, paired with Apache Pinot™ as a purpose-built execution layer that enforces deterministic SLAs directly on Iceberg tables. We’ll cover how this approach eliminates shadow stacks and supports SLA-driven analytics without duplicating data across serving systems. LEARN MORE ► Learn about StarTree and Apache Pinot™: https://docs.startree.ai/ CONNECT Subscribe on YouTube: https://stree.ai/sub Community Slack: https://stree.ai/join-slack Twitter: https://twitter.com/startreedata Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startreedata GitHub: https://github.com/startreedata Site: https://startree.ai ABOUT STARTREE StarTree, powered by Apache Pinot™, is the platform for continuous insights at scale. StarTree turns raw data streams—like clickstreams, logs, vector embeddings, and sensor data—into real-time analytics. It powers customer-facing data products, agent-facing data products, and operational intelligence. Apache Pinot™ delivers real-time analytics by design, rather than extension—built from the ground up to ingest massive data streams with millisecond freshness, execute sub-second aggregations, and support tens of thousands of queries per second. Pinot achieves this while radically reducing infrastructure costs by scanning less data and extreme compression. StarTree was founded by the core software engineering team and inventors of Apache Pinot™, which currently powers hundreds of user-facing applications at companies across industries, including Uber, LinkedIn, Stripe, Target, 7Eleven, NuBank, Etsy, Walmart, Together AI, and more. #apachepinot #realtimeanalytics #startree