Sundial
Sundial builds an AI-powered analytics platform for businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The Palo Alto-based company has raised $23M in Series A funding and employs 78 people.
The growth story
Sundial grew from 47 to 78 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $23M along the way, most recently a Series A in July 2025.
About
Sundial provides a modern analytics platform that allows users to query data using both code and natural language. It targets a wide range of users, from data analysts to product managers, across companies of various sizes.
The company, founded in 2021, has secured $23M in Series A funding from notable investors including Sequoia Capital and Electric Capital. Its headcount stands at 78, though its growth rate over the past year is unclear.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Sundial's largest function, with 19 employees. The company is led by a team backed by prominent figures in data science, including DJ Patil, the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 27 (-23% YoY), Sales 8 (+33% YoY), Research 6 (-25% YoY), Operations 5 (+67% YoY), Entrepreneurship 5 (+25% YoY), Arts and Design 3 (-25% YoY).
Talent flow
Sundial's workforce comes primarily from tech companies like Facebook, Meta, and PayPal. Alumni have moved to companies such as Amazon and AlphaSense. The median tenure is 2 years.
Most common previous employers of Sundial staff: Facebook (5), Indus Insights (4), StoryQube (3), GoTo (3), Meta (2), PayPal (2). Former Sundial employees most often moved to Emergent (2), Amazon (2), Arcana (2), AlphaSense (2), Sprinto (1), BetterStory (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Sundial mafia
Sundial alumni have founded 4 companies, including WeMakeDevs (8 staff) and BetterStory (2 staff).
4Kunal Kushwaha, was SWE until 2021Aditya Shrivastava, was Product Design Lead until 2026Nirant Kasliwal, was Software Engineer until 2022Alex Ran, was Investor until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 85% direct, 8% search, 1% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Sundial: Python (Programming Language) (22), SQL (18), C++ (17), C (Programming Language) (15), JavaScript (14), Data Analysis (14), Leadership (13), Data Structures (13).
Where the team actually sits
Sundial people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (22), San Francisco Bay Area (4), Delhi, India (4), California, United States (3).
Search footprint
Sundial attracts about 109 organic search visits a month. It gained 6 ranking keywords and lost 2 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Sundial has 78 employees as of September 2026.
Sundial has raised $23M in total, most recently a Series A round in July 2025.
Sundial was founded in 2021 by Julie Zhuo, Chandra Narayanan.
The most common previous employers of current Sundial staff are Facebook (5 people), Indus Insights (4 people), StoryQube (3 people).
Former Sundial employees most often move to Emergent (2), Amazon (2), Arcana (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Sundial, including WeMakeDevs, BetterStory, Scaled Focus.
Sundial attracts about 109 organic search visits a month.
The most common skills among Sundial staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, C++, C (Programming Language), JavaScript.
Sundial staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (22), San Francisco Bay Area (4), Delhi, India (4).
Sundial has about 27 people in Engineering, down 23% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Sundial has about 8 people in Sales, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 42 current and 58 former Sundial profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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