Alation, Inc. is an enterprise software company founded in 2012, headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company provides a data catalog and data management platform designed to help organizations find, understand, and trust their data. Its core technical domains include artificial intelligence, data governance, data management, and data cataloging.
The company's main product is an agentic data intelligence platform, which functions as an enterprise knowledge layer. This platform combines AI with data governance to support self-service analytics, cloud transformation, and AI innovation. Alation has secured more than $340 million in funding and is valued at over $1.7 billion.
Alation serves more than 650 customers worldwide, including 40% of the Fortune 100. The platform operates across the enterprise software and data management verticals, providing tools for organizations to manage and leverage their data assets effectively.
