foundational
Foundational is an early-stage startup focused on creating real-time Earth and orbit understanding using ground-based lasers, enabling space traffic control, resilient navigation, and Earth observation. The company aims to advance space monitoring and expand the future economy, emphasizing technological innovation and sustainability.
Foundational is a proactive data governance platform built for the AI era that analyzes source code and metadata to prevent data incidents before changes reach production. It delivers cross-platform data lineage from code analysis, pre-merge impact analysis in GitHub pull requests, automated data contracts and quality enforcement, and AI governance with model traceability across SQL, Spark, Python, dbt, and BI tools. The platform integrates with 120+ data tools and provides enterprise security by analyzing code rather than data, with SOC 2 Type II certification. Teams typically deploy in under an hour, with automated setup and immediate value from pull-request analysis.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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