Alation is the data intelligence company. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California—with global offices in London and Sydney—Alation serves more than 650 enterprise customers across 34 industries. The company pioneered the modern data catalog by combining machine learning with human insight to connect people with questions to people with answers. Today, more than 40% of the Fortune 100 rely on Alation to power data and AI initiatives at scale. Alation’s platform unifies cataloging, governance, and data quality with new AI-native capabilities built on one essential foundation: metadata. Metadata provides the context AI models lack, delivering outputs that are accurate, explainable, and trustworthy. With capabilities like Agent Studio, CDE Manager, and Data Quality Agent, organizations can build agents that understand their unique definitions, rules, and quality standards. Embedded readiness checks and continuous evaluation ensure every AI workflow is grounded in the right metadata context, making enterprise AI reliable enough for real production use.