About Alation

The Leaders in Data Intelligence

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The key to enterprise innovation: Data-fueled collaboration

More than 40% of all Fortune 100 companies have embraced Alation's data catalog as a central hub for data-driven innovation.

At Alation, we are passionate about helping enterprises create thriving data cultures where anyone can find, understand, and trust data. Alation pioneered the modern data catalog and is now leading its evolution into a platform for data intelligence.

Alation by the numbers

650+
Enterprise Customers
800+
Passionate Alationauts
$340m
in VC Funding Raised
34
Different Industries
3x
Snowflake Data Governance Partner of the Year
1
Industry-Leading Platform
Alation Founders Satyen Sangani and Aaron Kalb cutting ribbon

It started with a question

How do you connect people with questions to people with answers? That was the deceptively simple question that Alation co-founders, Satyen Sangani and Aaron Kalb, pondered during their first meeting. Together, they combined machine learning with human curation to create the first modern data catalog.

Meet the Leadership Team

From AI innovation to trusted governance, our leaders set the standard. Get to know the team guiding what's next.

Meet the team

Become an Alationaut

At Alation, we do more than ship code – we help customers build thriving data cultures and champion a more curious, rational world.

Join the team

A Values-Driven Culture

Move the Ball
Move the Ball

We take small steps in the present to make it to the future we're seeking.

Move the Ball
Build for the Long Term
Build for the Long Term

We plan to fulfill a bold, ambitious mission over decades to come.

Build for the Long Term
Listen Like You're Wrong
Listen Like You're Wrong

Data and insight are most valuable when they surprise us and prove us wrong.

Listen Like You're Wrong
Measure Through Customer Impact
Measure Through Customer Impact

We measure ourselves by the impact we achieve, not the benefits we receive.

Measure Through Customer Impact
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Alation News & Press

Data Catalogs and Governance
BLOG

Reinventing the Role of Data Catalogs and Governance in the Era of Agents

By Satyen Sangani
TechCrunch Funding News
TECHCRUNCH

Alation bags $123M at a $1.7B valuation for its data-cataloging software

Data Products Marketplace
BLOG

Introducing the Alation Data Products Marketplace: Trusted, High-Impact Data at Speed

By Jake Magner
Data Quality Announcement
BLOG

Announcing Alation Data Quality: Restoring Trust in Your Data

By Kyle Johnson