# Venky Ganti

> Venky Ganti is co-founder of Alation. Alation on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Alation.

Venky Ganti co-founded Alation in 2012. A database and machine learning researcher, he met the problem of finding and trusting data in his work at Google and in academic research.

## What Venky builds

- [Alation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alation.md), graded C, 60.3/100, in Company knowledge & data catalogues. Alation is a hosted data catalogue for tables, queries, BI reports, lineage and data quality. Agents reach it through REST APIs, a natural-language Aggregated Context API, a Python agent SDK and an MCP server on each cloud instance. Co-founder, Alation, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Aaron Kalb](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aaron-kalb/), Co-founder, Alation
- [Feng Niu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/feng-niu/), Co-founder, Alation
- [Satyen Sangani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/satyen-sangani/), Co-founder and CEO, Alation

## Backed by

- [Thoma Bravo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thoma-bravo/)
- [Sanabil Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sanabil-investments/)
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/costanoa-ventures/)
- [Databricks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/)
- [Dell Technologies](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dell-technologies/)
- [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hewlett-packard-enterprise/)
- [Icon Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/icon-ventures/)
- [Queensland Investment Corporation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/queensland-investment-corporation/)
- [Riverwood Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/riverwood-capital/)
- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)
- [Sapphire Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sapphire-ventures/)
- [Union Grove](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-grove/)

## Questions

### Who is Venky Ganti?

Venky Ganti co-founded Alation in 2012. A database and machine learning researcher, he met the problem of finding and trusting data in his work at Google and in academic research.

### What does Alation, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Alation from Alation, Inc.. Alation is a hosted data catalogue for tables, queries, BI reports, lineage and data quality. Agents reach it through REST APIs, a natural-language Aggregated Context API, a Python agent SDK and an MCP server on each cloud instance.

### Who has invested in Alation, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Thoma Bravo, Sanabil Investments, Costanoa Ventures, Databricks, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Icon Ventures, Queensland Investment Corporation, Riverwood Capital, Salesforce, Sapphire Ventures and Union Grove.

### How are Venky's tools graded?

Alation is graded C, 60.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.alation.com/
- https://www.alation.com/legal/support/
- https://www.alation.com/contact/
- https://www.alation.com/about/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alation

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