Atlan
Atlan builds infrastructure that helps AI systems understand enterprise data by connecting metadata, lineage, and governance into a unified graph. It serves over 300 enterprises, including Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, and Nasdaq, and raised $202M in a Series C round in May 2024.
The growth story
Atlan grew from 80 to 540 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $202M along the way, most recently a Series C in May 2024.
About
Atlan provides a platform that integrates metadata, data lineage, governance, and semantic definitions into a unified graph, enabling AI systems to interpret enterprise data accurately. Its customers include major financial institutions and corporations that rely on its tools to ensure AI systems use data correctly.
Founded in 2019, Atlan has grown rapidly, securing $202M in funding by May 2024. It has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in Data & Analytics Governance and Metadata Management for 2025–2026, reflecting its strong market position.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Atlan's largest function, with 99 employees. The company is led by a team with backing from notable investors like Ajeet Singh and Bob Muglia, indicating strong industry connections.
The Atlan org chart
Prukalpa (Founder & Co-CEO) leads 57 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 160 (-11% YoY), Sales 74 (-7% YoY), Business Development 38 (+15% YoY), Information Technology 32 (+23% YoY), Customer Success and Support 29 (-6% YoY), Operations 27 (+4% YoY).
Talent flow
Atlan recruits heavily from tech giants like IBM, Snowflake, and Databricks, with 9 hires from IBM alone. Alumni often move to companies such as Google, Snowflake, and Salesforce, suggesting Atlan is a stepping stone to top-tier firms.
Most common previous employers of Atlan staff: IBM (9), Snowflake (8), Databricks (8), Oracle (8), SocialCops (7), Accenture (7). Former Atlan employees most often moved to Google (8), Snowflake (7), Blinkit (4), LaunchDarkly (3), Salesforce (3), American Express (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Atlan mafia
Atlan alumni have founded 25 companies, including Fix Health (89 staff), WorkOnGrid (65 staff), and Ringg AI (42 staff), showcasing a strong entrepreneurial culture.
26Ashutosh Mundhada, was Corporate Partnerships until 2015Udit Poddar, was Data Scientist until 2016Utkarsh Shukla, was Data Science - II until 2021Karthick Raajha, was Marketing Consultant until 2022Shamoail Syed, was Founder's Office until 2017Sourav Choraria, was Independent Consultant until 2019
Michael Kravec, was Senior Sales Engineer until 2023
Ashmit Budhiraja, was Markeing Intern until 2013
Swechha Jha, was Senior software engineer 1 until 2026
Achyut Joshi, was Data for Impact Fellow & Data Analyst until 2018
Tanay Agrawal, was Founding Product Manager until 2019
Kritika Oberoi, was Senior Manager, Strategy & Sales until 2020
Akash Tandon, was Senior Software Engineer until 2019
Tejeshwi Sharma, was Board / Investor until 2026
Utkarsh Gupta, was Technical Product Manager until 2023
Oshawa Spence, was Head of People until 2024
Sianoi Kimari, was Independent Consultant/ Business Africa Region until 2019
Varun Garg, was Growth Hacker until 2017
Ankit Sinha, was Customer experience | Customer success | Partnership | Growth until 2016
Shiraz Irani, was Executive Assistant to Founders until 2022
Amanda Kuelker, was Solutions Consultant until 2026
Samarth Narula, was Principal Software Engineer until 2022
Sanya Khurana, was Associate Product Management Intern until 2023
Jubin Bose, was Senior Product Designer until 2026
Shikhar B., was GTM Engineering until 2020Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 38% search, 6% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Atlan: Python (Programming Language) (144), Leadership (143), SQL (132), Management (115), Project Management (111), Microsoft Office (103), JavaScript (102), Java (102).
Where the team actually sits
Atlan people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (48), Maharashtra, India (20), California, United States (18), Delhi, India (17). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Atlan attracts about 17,400 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $280K a month if bought through ads. It gained 7,254 ranking keywords and lost 6,047 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Atlan has 540 employees as of September 2026.
Atlan has raised $202M in total, most recently a Series C round in May 2024.
Atlan was founded in 2019 by Prukalpa ⚡, Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar, Varun Banka, Nandini Tyagi, Chaitya Patel.
Prukalpa (Founder & Co-CEO) sits at the top of Atlan's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Atlan staff are IBM (9 people), Snowflake (8 people), Databricks (8 people).
Former Atlan employees most often move to Google (8), Snowflake (7), Blinkit (4).
At least 25 companies have a founder who previously worked at Atlan, including Fix Health, WorkOnGrid, Ringg AI.
Atlan attracts about 17,400 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $280K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Atlan staff are Python (Programming Language), Leadership, SQL, Management, Project Management.
Atlan staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (48), Maharashtra, India (20), California, United States (18).
Atlan has about 160 people in Engineering, down 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Atlan has about 74 people in Sales, down 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 282 current and 336 former Atlan profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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