Alation Inc.

Alation Inc. is a data management software company headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices in several other countries. Founded in 2012, it developed an enterprise data catalog that helps employees find, understand and document information held across systems. Its platform now combines cataloging with data lineage, governance policies and tools for managing data used in analytics and artificial intelligence. The company serves large organizations whose data teams need shared definitions, ownership records and access controls. Alation’s products connect technical metadata with the business context used to evaluate and govern data.