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Meet Atlan

Atlan is a San Francisco-headquartered enterprise software company founded in 2019. It provides a data intelligence, metadata management and governance platform designed to help organizations understand, discover, manage and use enterprise data. Originally developed as a data collaboration platform, Atlan now positions itself as the context layer for AI. Its products include an agentic data catalog, Enterprise Data Graph, Context Lakehouse, Context Agents and Context Engineering Studio. These capabilities connect metadata, data lineage, business definitions and governance policies across enterprise systems, making trusted information available to employees and AI agents. Atlan integrates with technologies including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Microsoft Azure. Its customers include Mastercard, Nasdaq, Workday, General Motors, Autodesk and Unilever. The company reports more than 400 enterprise customers and has raised over $206 million from institutional investors.View more

Atlan is a San Francisco-headquartered enterprise software company founded in 2019. It provides a data intelligence, metadata management and governance platform designed to help organizations understand, discover, manage and use enterprise data. Originally developed as a data collaboration platform, Atlan now positions itself as the context layer for AI. Its products include an agentic data catalog, Enterprise Data Graph, Context Lakehouse, Context Agents and Context Engineering Studio. These capabilities connect metadata, data lineage, business definitions and governance policies across enterprise systems, making trusted information available to employees and AI agents. Atlan integrates with technologies including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Microsoft Azure. Its customers include Mastercard, Nasdaq, Workday, General Motors, Autodesk and Unilever. The company reports more than 400 enterprise customers and has raised over $206 million from institutional investors.

Founded
2019
Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA

Why work here

Atlan offers opportunities to build enterprise-scale data infrastructure and AI systems used by more than 400 organizations, including Mastercard, Nasdaq and Workday. Engineers can tackle complex problems involving metadata graphs, distributed systems, Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, AI agents and context engineering. Its technology stack includes Go, Python, AWS, Google Cloud, Temporal and Apache Iceberg. Atlan has raised over $206 million from investors including GIC, Insight Partners and Salesforce Ventures. It was recognized as a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Data and Analytics Governance Magic Quadrant. The company operates remotely across more than 15 countries and advertises competitive compensation, equity, learning budgets, health benefits and flexible leave. Its culture emphasizes strong ownership, rapid delivery, AI-assisted workflows and high performance expectations.Read more

Atlan offers opportunities to build enterprise-scale data infrastructure and AI systems used by more than 400 organizations, including Mastercard, Nasdaq and Workday. Engineers can tackle complex problems involving metadata graphs, distributed systems, Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, AI agents and context engineering. Its technology stack includes Go, Python, AWS, Google Cloud, Temporal and Apache Iceberg. Atlan has raised over $206 million from investors including GIC, Insight Partners and Salesforce Ventures. It was recognized as a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Data and Analytics Governance Magic Quadrant. The company operates remotely across more than 15 countries and advertises competitive compensation, equity, learning budgets, health benefits and flexible leave. Its culture emphasizes strong ownership, rapid delivery, AI-assisted workflows and high performance expectations.

Industry
Data & AI Infrastructure
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Notable investors
GIC, Meritech Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Insight Partners, WaterBridge Ventures

Tech stack

Go

Programming Language

Python

Programming Language

Java

Programming Language

JavaScript

Programming Language

FastAPI

Backend Framework

PostgreSQL

Database

Apache Iceberg

Data Lakehouse

AWS

Cloud Platform

Google Cloud

Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Container Orchestration

Docker

Containerization

Karpenter

Kubernetes Autoscaling

Temporal

Workflow Orchestration

Argo Workflows

Workflow Orchestration

Dapr

Distributed Application Runtime

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets Management

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Helm

Kubernetes Package Management

Prometheus

Monitoring

Grafana

Observability

Model Context Protocol

AI Integration Protocol

Key people

6 people
Prukalpa SankarCo-founder and Co-Chief Executive OfficerView bio

Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlan. Studied at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Previously co-founded SocialCops, a data technology company that worked with the United Nations, Gates Foundation and Government of India. Her experience spans data analytics, enterprise software, data governance and entrepreneurship. Co-founded Atlan with Varun Banka to solve data collaboration and metadata management challenges. Recognitions include Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40.

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Varun BankaCo-founder and Co-Chief Executive OfficerView bio

Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlan. Previously worked at Microsoft and Barclays Capital and co-founded SocialCops with Prukalpa Sankar. His expertise includes data engineering, enterprise technology, software product development and data infrastructure. Helped establish Atlan in 2019 to address challenges in data discovery, metadata management and collaboration. Leads the development of Atlan's enterprise technology platform and AI context infrastructure.

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Jim SmittkampChief Revenue OfficerView bio

Joined Atlan as Chief Revenue Officer in 2024. Previously served as CRO at Fivetran, where he helped scale annual recurring revenue from approximately $5 million to $250 million. Earlier worked at Gigya, which was acquired by SAP. Brings extensive experience in enterprise software sales, data infrastructure, strategic partnerships and revenue growth. Leads Atlan's global commercial organization.

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Deepak RohidaChief Financial OfficerView bio

Joined Atlan as Chief Financial Officer in 2024. Previously served as Vice President of Finance at Druva, where he helped support growth beyond $200 million in annual recurring revenue. Earlier worked at HP and New Relic. A CFA charterholder with experience in enterprise SaaS finance, strategic planning and operational management. Oversees Atlan's financial strategy, planning and business performance.

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Austin KronzHead of AI and Data StrategyView bio

Leads AI and data strategy initiatives at Atlan. Previously worked at Gartner, researching analytics platforms, data governance and business intelligence. His experience includes enterprise data strategy, AI adoption, data products and technology research. Works with customers and industry experts on AI context architectures, agentic analytics and enterprise data governance.

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Anbarasan ThangapalamEngineering LeaderView bio

Engineering leader at Atlan in India. Has experience in distributed systems, platform engineering, DevOps and data engineering. Previously worked on enterprise technology and engineering projects in Singapore and India. Studied at the National University of Singapore. Contributes to the engineering systems and teams supporting Atlan's enterprise data platform.

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Latest company news

6 stories

Atlan open-sources ai-registry, an interoperability standard for AI agents and skills

Inside Atlan Blog

Atlan published its open-source ai-registry specification, designed to standardize how organizations store, distribute, version and govern AI agents and skills. The project includes a registry file specification and the aireg command-line tool. It supports distributing versioned AI artifacts across development environments including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot. The initiative aims to improve interoperability and reduce fragmentation in enterprise AI tooling.

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Atlan hosts Context Conference 2026 focused on enterprise AI infrastructure

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Atlan hosted Context Conference on October 28, 2026, bringing together enterprise technology leaders to discuss the infrastructure required for trustworthy AI agents. Speakers and participants included representatives from Verizon, Workday, BNY Mellon, Microsoft and other organizations. Sessions covered enterprise context architectures, analytics agents, knowledge graphs and open interoperability standards. Atlan also introduced its open AI registry specification during the conference.

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Atlan announces Context Agents, Context Engineering Studio and expanded MCP integrations

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At Snowflake Summit 2026, Atlan announced three major AI capabilities. Context Agents automate the generation of business metadata and documentation. Context Engineering Studio provides a structured lifecycle for developing, testing and deploying trusted business context. Expanded Model Context Protocol integrations enable AI applications to retrieve governed enterprise context. The company reported growing customer adoption of its MCP infrastructure.

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Atlan details migration from Argo Workflows to Temporal

Inside Atlan Blog

Atlan published an engineering case study describing its migration from Argo Workflows to Temporal. The migration addresses security, deployment flexibility and operational reliability. Its new application framework uses Temporal, Dapr, FastAPI and Kubernetes to manage metadata extraction, processing and connector workloads. The company implemented an incremental transition architecture to preserve production reliability while modernizing its platform.

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Atlan named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

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Atlan announced recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms. The report evaluated vendors on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Atlan highlighted its Apache Iceberg-based metadata lakehouse, governance automation and enterprise adoption. The recognition added to its leadership positions in Gartner and Forrester evaluations of metadata management, data catalogs and governance.

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Atlan raises $105 million Series C funding at $750 million valuation

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Atlan announced a $105 million Series C funding round led by GIC and Meritech Capital, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Peak XV Partners. The round valued the company at approximately $750 million and brought cumulative funding to more than $206 million. The company reported sevenfold revenue growth over the preceding two years and planned to expand its data and AI governance platform.

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