
Alation, Inc.: A global American software company offering comprehensive data intelligence solutions.
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Alation Analytics helps organizations create data visuals and trusted metrics to advance their data maturity.
Workflow automation in the Alation Data Intelligence Platform ensures precision, efficiency, and compliance.
Ingest, govern, enrich, and sync semantic models across Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, Looker, and more through the Data Products Marketplace.
Alation Search offers Intelligent Search to support access to enterprise data and foster a data culture.
Insights on data governance, AI, and the modern data stack from Alation.
The page compares data dictionaries and business glossaries, including differences in ownership, governance, and benefits.
The page compares data fabric and data mesh in 2026, discusses why enterprises need both, and describes how they can combine to support trusted data, faster insights, and AI at scale.
A practical, updated guide to EU AI Act compliance for data and AI teams — updated deadlines, high-risk obligations, and the system of record that proves it.
Work for the pioneer of the data catalog market and help lead the evolution of data intelligence from simply managing data to driving data culture.
The company’s Careers Hub provides job opportunities, career advice, and resources for professional development.
Evaluate Alation vs. Atlan for enterprise data governance and AI. This guide details key differences in governance depth, deployment flexibility, and enterprise trust for business users, compliance, and executives.
A practical comparison of Alation and Microsoft Purview, from architecture, to lineage depth, pricing, and AI readiness, with what to test before choosing either platform.
The page says Databricks Genie is a BI agent, while Metric Views alone do not govern enterprise-wide semantics, and describes how Alation improves answer accuracy.
Contact Alation to learn more about AIOS.
Alation built the Alation Intelligence Operating System.
Alation announces the return of its revAlation global conference series, with events in Chicago, London, and Sydney. Customer sessions at the conferences feature organizations including Ally Financial, BBC, Electronic Arts, Flutter, and Veolia, focusing on AI governance and production agent deployments.
Sep 2026 · AlationNews article
Alation is named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software, an assessment that evaluated 15 vendors in the worldwide market. IDC cites Alation’s agentic AI coverage and its governed, AI-ready data products built on an open federated architecture as strengths.
Sep 2026 · AlationNews article
Alation acquires Numbers Station to give enterprise customers access to AI agents that operate on structured data. The companies do not disclose deal terms, and Alation plans to integrate Numbers Station’s products as soon as the end of the quarter. The acquisition is intended to accelerate workflow automation by combining Alation’s data context and connectors with Numbers Station’s AI technology.
May 2025 · TechCrunchNews article
Alation raises $123 million in a Series E financing led by Thoma Bravo, Sanabil Investments, and Costanoa Ventures. Databricks Ventures participates as a new strategic investor, and Alation says the financing responds to surging global demand for data intelligence platforms.
Nov 2022 · AlationNews article