Flyte
Kubernetes-native workflow engine — type-safe Python tasks; Lyft origin; Union AI commercial. Strong adoption in regulated industries.
Active · Verified 2026-10-27 · fresh as of 2026-10-27 · 19 cited facts, 6 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Data + ML workflow engine vendor fix
- Tier
- T2
- Section
- Training infrastructure
- Latest release
- v2.0.53 (2026-10-27) repo fix
- License
- Apache-2.0 vendor fix
- GitHub
- flyteorg/flyte — ~7.8k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo fix
- Pricing
- Flyte OSS free; Union.ai Team $950/mo minimum credited to usage; Enterprise custom annual commit third-party fix
- Funding
- Union.ai (commercial Flyte) raised $19.1M Series A 2022 (NEA led); commercial steward of Flyte OSS. third-party fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-27 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 13.18 (12-mo avg 17.23) · 42 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
Optimised for: searched not found
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Pros & cons
Pros
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Cons
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Claims & capabilities
LF AI graduate project.
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS on your own Kubernetes; Union.ai hosted control plane
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
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- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (18 cited facts, 6 third-party)
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- What it is Data + ML workflow engine vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Kubernetes-native workflow engine — type-safe Python tasks; Lyft origin; Union AI commer… vendor
- Claims / benefits LF AI graduate project. vendor
- Created 2019 vendor
- Latest release v2.0.53 (2026-10-27) repo
- License Apache-2.0 vendor
- GitHub flyteorg/flyte — ~7.8k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding Union.ai (commercial Flyte) raised $19.1M Series A 2022 (NEA led); commercial steward of… third-party
- Customers / scale Lyft (origin), Spotify, Stripe, Gojek, Riot Games, ZipRecruiter; Apache-2.0 OSS. vendor
- Pricing Flyte OSS free; Union.ai Team $950/mo minimum credited to usage; Enterprise custom annua… third-party
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS on your own Kubernetes; Union.ai hosted control… third-party
- Founders / pedigree Ketan Umare (Union CEO), Haytham AbuelFutuh, Yee Hing Tong; created at Lyft 2019, open-s… third-party
- Code/weights release Active — last commit 2026-05 · 7,028★ repo
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid repo
- licensing-bucket open-core third-party
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":125.22,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":17.23,"openrank_current":13.18,"par… third-party
What changed
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- 2026-10-27
- Latest release first recorded as “v2.0.53 (2026-10-27)” source
- Pricing first recorded as “Flyte OSS free; Union.ai Team $950/mo minimum credited to usage; Enterprise custom annual commit” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS on your own Kubernetes; Union.ai hosted control plane” source