Oren Katz Leaves StarkWare as It Splits Into Two Units

Oren Katz resigned as StarkWare's chief operating officer on April 13, 2026. That was the same day CEO Eli Ben-Sasson told the company's staff it would cut jobs and split into two business units. Protos reported that Katz “has submitted his resignation and departs at the end of this month.” Ben-Sasson shared the note he had given an all-hands meeting on X at 10:25 UTC on April 13. "Very sadly, as part of this process, we are downsizing," he wrote. “Our new strategy requires that we move fast, and we're too big and too inefficient for that.”