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Introduction

Atlan is an active metadata platform designed for modern data teams. It helps organizations unify, collaborate on, and activate metadata to drive data and AI initiatives. Key features include:

  • Data Discovery & Catalog: Provides a centralized source of truth for data assets, enabling users to easily find and understand data.
  • Column-Level Lineage: Automates lineage tracking to visualize data flow and dependencies, enhancing trust and transparency.
  • Connectors: Offers no-code connectors to integrate with various data sources and AI systems, simplifying metadata ingestion.
  • Intelligent Automation: Leverages AI to automate metadata enrichment and governance tasks, improving efficiency.
  • Data Products & Marketplaces: Facilitates the creation and sharing of data products, promoting data reuse and collaboration.
  • AI Governance: Manages and monitors AI models, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks.
  • Active Metadata: Enables real-time metadata activation in various tools and workflows, enhancing data-driven decision-making.

Atlan's use cases span data discovery, governance, quality, and collaboration, targeting data engineers, analysts, scientists, and governance professionals.

Latest News

Atlan at Snowflake Summit 2026: Context Agents, Context Engineering Studio & MCP

Atlan at Snowflake Summit 2026: Context Agents, Context Engineering Studio & MCP

8/4/2026

Atlan at Snowflake Summit 2026: Context Agents, Context Engineering Studio & MCP # What We Announced at Snowflake Summit 2026 - And Why It Matters for Your AI Agents Product Marketing at Atlan Product Marketing & Category Building 5+ years in product marketing and launches BS Mechanical Enginee...

Loop Engineering in Production: Putting AI Agents on Call — Inside Atlan Blog

Loop Engineering in Production: Putting AI Agents on Call — Inside Atlan Blog

8/4/2026

Loop Engineering in Production: Putting AI Agents on Call — Inside Atlan Blog # Loop Engineering in Production: Putting AI Agents on Call We had an agent loop running in early 2026, and it still failed. Here is the scaffolding that made Sherlock, our investigation agent, useful in real incidents: .....

Activate 2026: Context Just Went From Hype to Reality | Atlan

Activate 2026: Context Just Went From Hype to Reality | Atlan

8/4/2026

Activate 2026: Context Just Went From Hype to Reality | Atlan # Activate 2026: Context Just Went From Hype to Reality Co-founder and CEO, Atlan Data Leadership & AI Strategy 10+ years building data and AI infrastructure platforms B.Eng, Nanyang Technological University Forbes 30 Under 30YC W18...

Becoming a frontier company, in the open — Atlan Frontier Labs

Becoming a frontier company, in the open — Atlan Frontier Labs

8/4/2026

Becoming a frontier company, in the open — Atlan Frontier Labs Skip to content Scroll Read The message to the team. Shipping something because AI generated it isn't the bar; generic, lazy or low-craft output means the bar needs raising. 01 The signal ## I Sent That to Our Team a Year Ago . I s...

Snowflake Horizon Context and Atlan: How They Work Together

Snowflake Horizon Context and Atlan: How They Work Together

8/4/2026

Snowflake Horizon Context and Atlan: How They Work Together # How Snowflake Horizon Context and the Atlan Context Layer Work Together Data Governance Expert Data Governance Specialist 18+ years in information architecture, data governance, and enterprise data management Masters, Library and Inf...

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